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Finally someone mentions Tolkien. He is, of course, the greatest fantasy writer ever. I also have to agree with all the people mentioning Sherlock Holmes. I actually have all the books (I was a member of aome club when I was a kid, and they sent me one each month), and they're great if you want a good oldfashioned crime mystery.

Did anybody read the Templar Trilogy by Jan Guillou? It's definitely recommended, if you like historical fiction. I haven't read much historical fiction, set during the crusades, so this was a real treat for me.

@Marek: Is L. Ron Hubbard seriously one of your favourite sci-fi authors? I thought he only made one book, namely Battlefield Earth, which sucks so badly, it made me want to kill myself. I might be wrong , though, maybe he's made other books, some of which are better than BE.

I'll just rate my favourite scifi and fantasy authors, like some of you have done:

Scifi:

Frank Herbert
Isaac Asimov
Larry Niven

Fantasy:

Tolkien
George RR Martin
Robin Hobb