23rd February 2006, 8:10 PM
She also wrote sci-fi, but the Earthsea fantasy series is her most famous.
I've read so much fantasy, and I know that not all authors are known generally, but I'd think the more broadly known ones might be... Le Guin, Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time), Neal Stephenson in cyberpunk (hugely influential... Snow Crash, especially), Anne McCaffery (Dragonriders of Pern), Terry Goodkind (Sword of Truth) or Terry Brooks (Shannara) perhaps, etc... not mentioning Tolkien (or C.S. Lewis), everyone knows HIM. :)
I've read so much fantasy, and I know that not all authors are known generally, but I'd think the more broadly known ones might be... Le Guin, Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time), Neal Stephenson in cyberpunk (hugely influential... Snow Crash, especially), Anne McCaffery (Dragonriders of Pern), Terry Goodkind (Sword of Truth) or Terry Brooks (Shannara) perhaps, etc... not mentioning Tolkien (or C.S. Lewis), everyone knows HIM. :)
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