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Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in...

1. liad score: 21
2. robin mckinley score: 17
3. connie willis score: 16
4. guy gavriel kay score: 15
5. georgette heyer score: 15
6. forever knight score: 14
7. dorothy dunnett score: 13
8. ultraviolet score: 12
9. vorkosigan score: 12
10. dorothy l. sayers score: 12
11. diane duane score: 12
12. urban fantasy score: 9
13. david weber score: 9
14. george r.r. martin score: 9
15. avon score: 9
16. steven brust score: 9
17. tanya huff score: 9
18. jasper fforde score: 8
19. servalan score: 8
20. rupert giles score: 8

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This is interesting. Some of these are simply synonyms for things that I'm already interested in, such as "liad", "avon", "rupert giles" and "vorkosigan". Some of these are things I am interested in, but not sufficiently to list as interests, such as Georgette Heyer, Dorothy L. Sayers, David Weber (I happen to be re-reading the Honor Harrington books at the moment!).
I like Robin McKinley most of the time. I like Connie Willis about half the time; likewise with Guy Gavriel Kay. I consider Forever Knight to be my Highlander substitute, but I tend to consider the last season as non-existant.
Interesting that it mentions Dorothy Dunnett, but not that surprising, since, while I've never read any of her stuff, mention on the B7 Lyst intrigued me enough to buy the first Lymond book, but it's been sitting on my "to be read" shelf for years, awaiting the time when I feel in the mood for reading a very thick historical novel about a period about which I know nothing.
"Ultraviolet", of course, goes along with "Forever Knight", but I didn't watch that one.
Diane Duane... well, the blurbs on her stuff haven't made me want to read any of her stuff, even though I'm "supposed" to be interested, cuz, like, I like Harry Potter?

Urban fantasy: well, I like some of it. I love Emma Bull's "War of the Oaks", but the "Elves that drive race cars" series by Mercedes Lackey is as lacklustre and cliche-ridden as everything else she writes.

I've read a couple of books by Tanya Huff, and they weren't bad, but...
I did enjoy Jasper Fforde's "The Eyre Affair", it was fun, but it felt like a one-book joke to me, so I haven't been tempted to read the others in the series.
I think I read a George R.R. Martin novel once.
Steven Brust: I must try to tackle the Taltos omnibus I have again. But I just bought the 4th Honorverse anthology today, so I think I'm going to be reading a bunch of David Weber in the near future.

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[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

'The Eyre Affair' was essentially a standalone joke, but the subsequent books aren't standalone, and have some overarching plot. I think they're actually a bit better, as far as I've gotten (a little way into book three). Of course, I'm still enamored enough of Pickwick the dodo just to read for the occasional "Plock-plock!" :) And the fact that the second book had to do with a questionable copy of a missing Shakespeare play probably did influence me.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I don't know all the authors and interests there, but enough to make me want to check others out--maybe of the library. ;-)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Yours at least makes some sense. I'm beginning to wonder what my interest page says about me :)

[watervole.livejournal.com]

What is 'liad'?

[kerravonsen]

Liad is the planet after which the "Liaden Universe" novels were named. Written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (see www.korval.com) they've been described as "a cross between Georgette Heyer, Star Wars and James Bond". (grin) Though I would say that the "James Bond" part of the description applies really to the "Agent of Change" sequence, which were the earliest ones written, while the later novels are set much earlier, with different characters, but the same universe.

One of the appealing parts, and why there's the "Georgette Heyer" mention, is that the Liadens are a very sophisticated mannered culture (and consider the Terrans to be boorish uncultivated uncivilized newcomers). The Liadens have a very highly-developed culture of calculated revenge, which makes dealing with them, for outsiders, somewhat perilous. The Terrans and the Liadens aren't the only cultures or species around, but they're the ones mainly featured.

It's very enjoyable Space Opera.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_finn_/]

I recommend the Brust =) The Vlad Taltos series is quite amusing and very well written. The more recent Viscount of Adrilankha is... written quite differently, and definitely has a style that is either hate it on sight or can deal with it, since it is written as a 'historical' text and the grammar is... somewhat unique compared to his other books.

As an example of the style, the Preface for the third book has a chapter title, thus: "Preface - Which Consists of a Succinct Summary Of All that Has Gone Before As Well as a Daring Literary Adventure Embarked Upon for the Benefit Of the Loyal Reader"

Heh.. Take it as you will =)

But the Vlad Taltos chronicles are well worth the read.