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John D. McDonald Probably my favorite writer.

One of mine, too- I always wished he had gotten wider exposure and appreciation.

Forgot to mention Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, Henry Kuttner ( and wife C.L. Moore ), Ted Sturgeon, L. Sprague De Camp... ears are venting smoke again, better stop-

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ANY true S-F/fantasy fan should definetely read Robert E. Howard's original series of stories which introduced, and described the entire life of, Conan of Cimmeria.

He wrote those before Tolkien wrote LOTR, and it's safe to say he had as much influence as Tolkien, if not the publicity.

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One of mine, too- I always wished he had gotten wider exposure and appreciation.

I know. A couple of McGee books were made into movies and the TV one The Empty Coppper Sea starring Sam Elliott was pretty mediocre. I never saw Darker Than Amber, although I heard that was also mediocre.

Of course, Cape Fear (the original anyway) is a classic.

I can't belive they never tried more McGee movies or never made a film of Last One Left or One More Sunday which were works of art.