Rowan Tree and Red Thread

nhw has posted a meme where you list those authors you've read or own 10 or more books by.



So far I've managed to construct the following list from my memories and a little judicious bibliography surfing on the web:

Authors I own 10 books by:

Ursula Le Guin
Steven Brust
C. J. Cherryh
David Brin
Diana Wynne Jones
Gene Wolfe
Roger Zelazny
Lois McMaster Bujold
Robert van Gulik
Iain Banks
Haruki Murakami
Joseph Campbell
Anne McCaffrey

Authors I've read 10 books by:

Larry Niven
Isaac Asimov
Robert A. Heinlein
Harry Harrison
Arthur C. Clarke*
Poul Anderson*
Jack Vance
Arthur Ransome*

and doubtless others I've forgotten from my childhood.

* I've starred the ones I'm less than certain I've read the requisite 10.


It's interesting that there's an obvious age related difference between the lists. I've read a fair bit of old SF but don't own much of it nowadays. In contrast the 'own 10' list is populated by a lot of new comers (Bujold and Brust particularly) and would have Greg Egan on it too if he'd only get more written and published. Tim Powers almost made the 'own 10 books' cut but we're stuck at 9 and aren't likely to pick up Epitaph in Rust or The Skies Discrowned.