Reading Lists

The summer break is almost upon us (or in some cases, has already begun). Here are a couple of lists borrowed (rescued?) from a coffee shop menu. People who haven't visited that (now slightly disused and dilapidated) coffeeshop can still find interesting things there.

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~autolycus says:

1) Which 20 F&SF books would I replace first if my entire library disintegrated one night?
Note: This excludes graphic novels and excludes some works (but not all) by authors included in the second list.
Here's a list, in order of physical distance from my desk. There might be some shocks...

1. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
2. The True Game, Sheri Tepper
3. One for the Morning Glory, John Barnes
4-6. The Earthsea trilogy (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore), Ursula le Guin
7. Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart
8-10. The Planetary trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength), C S Lewis
11-13. The Dorsai trilogy (The Tactics of Mistake; Soldier, Ask Not; Dorsai!), Gordon Dickson
14. The Drawing of the Dark, Tim Powers
15. The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers
16. The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers
17. The Princess Bride, William Goldman
18-20. The 1st Uplift trilogy (Sundiver, Startide Rising, The Uplift War), David Brin
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~autolycus says:

2) Which author's books would I buy and read just on the strength of the author's name alone? (i.e. I would buy any book written by that author.)

Note: This includes authors who have written stuff which isn't F&SF, and whose books I have tried to obtain complete sets of. It excludes authors who have written books I have deliberately decided not to buy for one reason or another.
Here's the second list, in no particular order, except that it's convenient to follow the first list. More shocks? You decide...

1. Roger Zelazny
2. Sheri S Tepper
3. John Barnes
4. Barry Hughart
5. Tim Powers
6. Steven Brust
7. Terry Pratchett
8. Neil Gaiman
9. Tom Holt/K J Parker
10. Anthony Price
11. Isaac Asimov
12. Iain Banks
13. Larry Niven
14. Diana Wynne Jones
15. Mary Gentle
16. Arturo Perez-Reverte
17. Lawrence Block
18. Joe Haldeman
19. Greg Rucka
20. Kage Baker
21. Andrea Camilleri
22. Sean McMullen
23. Charles Stross
24. Michael Crichton
25. Jack Vance (I've actually bought a complete set of ALL his books.)
26. Alfred Duggan