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Thanks Sarah Tinney!
So, like all of us, there’s a lot of overlap and revisiting that happens, but let’s start: (Oh, and I have always read a lot of short story compilations, so I’ll list the compilers that would catch my eye, if not the series)
Childhood: All my dad’s WW2 history club books, Hardy Boys, anything with a map, or random facts, Tolkein
Teens: Isaac Asimov and his compilations, Robert Aspirin (Thieves World and the Myth series), Piers Anthony, anything Marvel - (edit - forgot Edgar Rice Burroughs!!)
20s: Harry Turtledove (WW2 Alternate history and compilations), Chris Claremont/Alan Davis, Anything with “Anthology” or “Year’s Best” in the title, R.A. Salvatore (until he became all-Drizzt all the time)
30s: Yeesh… umm… lots of technical books, oh… the Sookie Stackhouse series - great travel reading. Michael Chabon, Cormac McCarthy. Still on anthologies and revisiting past favourites.
40s: Drew Hayes, George R.R. Martin’s Wild Card Series, Dennis E. Taylor, John Scalzi, went on a tear of reading Pulitzer winners
50s: Matt Dinnaman, Jeremy Robinson, anything read by R.C Bray, Andy Weir, and all you substackers!!
I’m sure more will come to me, but those are the highlights as I wait for my laundry to finish in my hotel room!
Reading an older post from The Circus Dragon and came across this question:
Who has been your favourite author with each decade of life? (favourite author at ten vs. 20 years old, etc).
This is so much better than asking who your favourite author is, it allows us to grow and accomodate our tastes changing over time.
For me (some still are current, and there…