Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors - S

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Fred Saberhagen

Swords Series

I think I have read the entire series. I know I used to own most of the books, but lost them when moving out of Massachusetts. The series is typical fantasy, although very much influenced by fantasy role playing. They were going to turn the series into a computer game, but that fell through for some reason.

James H. Schmitz

I like Schmitz's work. Especially the way that psionics is used and described. His works would be important if I ever start work again on a psi campaign.

Susan Schwartz

Robert Silverberg

L. Sprague de Camp

Conan Series

L. Sprague de Camp took a lot of material that Robert E. Howard had never finished and added to the Conan series. I used to own the entire series, but lost most of it when moving.

Reluctant King Series

Typical good fantasy series. I seem to have missed book number three. I'm not sure if I've not read it, or just don't own it.

Enchanter Series

Christopher Stasheff

A Wizard In Rhyme Series

I think I've read other books in the series, but unless I start to re-read them, I can't remember. Basic rule of magic in this series is that poetry works, and it's very literal. As such, magic is more of a science than an art.

Starship Troupers

Same universe as the Warlock series, but set centuries before the Warlock books are set.

Warlock Series

An interesting series. I like the way psionics works the way I think psi powers should, instead of like D&D. The setting is far future where a colony from Earth has both hidden itself from Earth, and modeled itself upon the Middle Ages as seen from the Society of Creative Anacronism. I have wanted to use a similar background for many of my worlds, but have never gotten around to creating such a world. The closests I came was Spire, but that hasn't really gotten anywhere. The d20 system would not be a good rule set for this. I'm thinking BESM would be better.

Warlock's Heirs

This series continues where the originial Warlock series stopped. Instead of focusing on Ron, it shifts to the children. Most of the books follow the eldest son after he leaves Gramarye, and maybe that should be considered yet another series. I think there is more to the series, but I've lost track and haven't bought anything in a number of years.

Caroline Stevemer

 

S. M. Stirling

Brainships Series (co-authored with Anne McCaffery)

Only books that S.M. Stirling wrote are listed here. Check out Anne McCaffery's listing for all the books in the series.

Flight Engineer Series (with James Doohan)

Yes, the late Scotty from Star Trek co-wrote a series.

Islands In Time Series

This is actually two series set in the same world. The first three books follow what happens to the people on the island of Nantucket when it is sent back in time about 3500 years. The next books deal with collapse of civiliazation in our time that resulted from the alien energy used to send Nantucket back in time. The first three books would be classified as Time Displacement, while the follow on ones would be post-apocalypse with no gunpowder or similar.

Raj Whitehall Series

A very interesting series written around a super computer and it's choosen human agent who tries to bring civilization back to a number of planets after the fall of an interstellar empire. The first set of books were co-authored with David Drake. The Tyrant was co-authored by Eric Flint and David Drake.

Charles Stross

 

 

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