my ten favorite authors for comfort reading

[cimorene]

in no particular order

+lois mcmaster bujold (the vorkosigan saga)
+c.j. cherryh (the foreigner series)
+roger zelazny (the amber 'trilogy,' any short story, a night in the lonesome october, bring me the head of prince charming)
+samuel r. delany (the weirder the better)
+diana wynne jones (archer's goon, the sudden, wild magic universe, the chrestomanci chronicles)
+patricia c. wrede (the enchanted forest chronicles, sorcery and cecilia)
+connie willis (most anything, the earlier the better)
+georgette heyer (regencies or mysteries)
+jane austen (duh)

Comments

[guinevere33.livejournal.com]

My mother's finally won me over, and so I am forced to recommend a mystery writer to you: Dorothy Sayers. (You know, the one that "To Say Nothing of the Dog" talks about incessantly.) Anything with both Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane in it is FABULOUS. Witty British banter - from the 30's. And they insult the Victorias as a plus!

[cimness.livejournal.com]

i read most of them last february actually--my mom has all but a few. she's quite nice, you're right. though i haven't read to... dog in a long time and therefore don't remember that.