:sr Alphabetical as well, also title of book.


      to start:Isaac ASIMOV


                     I ROBOT

Peter Benchley

JAWS  :s01  :s4

Even without the visuals, the book is horrifying.  :o

Arthur C. Clarke

CHILDHOOD'S END

Classic sci-fi, recommend it to everyone.  :)

Brian Daley

Han Solo and the Lost Legacy

Star Wars is cool 8)

Frank Edwards

Flying Saucers - Serious Business

The book that actually started me believing in UFO's.  :s01 Of course I was 9 years old at the time and as gullible as they come.  :s04

Magikman  :s02

Alan Dean Foster

Splinter of the Minds Eye
(Further adventures of Luke Skywalker)

Star Wars is cool 8)

Neil Gaiman

The Dreaming
Sandman
American Gods

Heck, just about everything he's written  :sk

:s02

Joe Haldeman

The Forever War

Magik :s7
nope better not do that you'll explode :s2

Good choice with Neil Gamien esp love Death: The high cost of living :s03

HARRY HARRISON

STAINLESS STEEL RAT.


not a fav but not bad :st

 Well, since we seem to be stuck on 'H', here's one of my favorite sci-fi books:

Robert A. Heinlein's

Stranger in a Strange Land

 Has to be one of the top 10 classic sci-fi stories of all time.  :su

No author's whose name ends with an 'I', how about a book title?

Anne Rice

Interview with a Vampire

Lots & lots of Vampire Chickies  :s7  :sk  :sk

  Susan Johnson
 Forbidden

James Kahn

Return of the Jedi

Star Wars is cool 8)

George Lucas

A New Hope

Star Wars is cool 8)

:sk Anne McCaffery



 any of the her books but my fav is: THE ROWAN ;D

         If poets count then one of my favorites is:

              Ogden NASH

       Then I can post a name for O as in:

          George Orwell     Animal Farm   :sk

         Sorry,  but this brings it to the letter P for my absolute favorite author:

              Edgar Allan Poe
                     
                     The Telltale Heart   :s07

Everytime I log in late, that darn KC takes all the good choices. :s04 "Nevermore" quoth I.  :s8

Since 'Q' may be a difficult entry, here's a duel collaboration

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

The Mote in God's Eye

A novel about first contact with an alien race

  :s2   Sorry,  MM!  But I gotta show I got some smarts!   ;D


              Why don't you do 'R'?
        (unless you want me to?)  :sk

       btw,  I'm gonna read that book!  Sounds interesting!

Ladies first, KC. :)  :se

Besides, I have a real good choice for 'S', so I won't be put out, honestly.  ;D

If you can find it (probably the library), you'll really enjoy it.   :sk  :sk

J. K. Rowling (or something similar ???)

Of Harry Potter.

Odin S. :s9

George R. Stewart

EARTH ABIDES

Somewhat dated (1950s) but still fascinating chronicle of mankinds descent into medieval living conditions after the apocalyptic outbreak of a virus which decimates 95% of the worlds population.  

J.R.R Tolkein

The Lord Of The Rings

Probably the most well known fantasy book trilogy of all time.

and it's got Saruman in it too.

;D

Good one SaRuMaN ;D

Start with U URSULA LE GUIN.




                 :s7WIZARD OF EARTHSEA.


Wonderful book still re read the whole quartet when ever I can. ;D

       Henry Vaughan    'The Waterfall'


            There's a great webpage for his works at:

     http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/vaughan/

F. Paul Wilson

THE KEEP  :sd

Also any of his 'repairman Jack' novels.  :su

X?????

hang on stuart think, there must be some greek bloke who wrote something whose name begins with an X...

*thinks*

nope

            Thanks CW!!  A little leeway helps get through these difficult letters!   :s04

  (even using the first name,  gets the deed done!)  ;D
                        so,  how about:

                    Xavier Villaurrutia

                        'Nostalgia for Death'   :sd

             So...of course,  I couldn't resist adding this person!  
                 William Butler Yeats    :s1

 Roger Zelazny
"A Night In The Lonesome October"

    Louisa May Alcott   Little Women   :s6

Douglas Baily

Shimabara

A novel about fuedal Japan

         Patricia Cornwell  
            Almost all of her books,  but especially:

                    THE BODY FARM
   
             (never knew there really were places like that!)   :o



     

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes  :su

"It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts..."

Rather interesting quote authored by a man who believed in fairies and the occult.   :o

::)hmmm I agree MM.

   DAVIDEDDINGS



                  ALTHALUS.....do we know him :s6 :s2

      That name does ring a bell!!  ;D


          William Faulkner   The Reivers

:sk
                William Golding



                               the lord of the flies.

Ernest Hemingway

'A Farewell to Arms'

Washington Irving

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Shirley Jackson

'The Lottery'

Yes, I know it was a short story, but it's a classic, horrifying tale.  :s5

Dean R. Koontz  :su

Love just about all of his books, :s7  but these stand out above the rest;

Watchers
Strangers
From the Corner of His Eye

* - Come on guys, don't be shy, post some of your favorites.  :)

:sj
             RICHARD LAYMON.


                    ONE RAINY NIGHT.

               

Just love all the blood in his books :s2

Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Deep End of the Ocean
 :'( :'(
I've read the book and I've seen the movie.

Dr. Jerri Nielsen

"Ice Bound"
  A story about a Doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole.

                  GEORGE ORWELL.



              1984

hmmmm for Druss.


                   TERRY PRATCHETT



 Now what books? Ahh yes

           'INTERESTING TIMES' :s04

I can't think of a "Q "so hope it's ok to skip.
It's been a while since anyone has posted so maybe no one else can think of a "Q" either.

Gwyn Hyman Rubio

 Icy Sparks