Can you name the Science fiction & fantasy authors by their series?

created by MRL

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Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Some series may be known by other names as well. Primary or original author only; subsequent authors may be present as bonus answers.
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Series	Author
Acts of Caine
Barsoom (John Carter of Mars)
The Belgariad
Berserker
The Book of Words
Callahan's
The Chronicles of Amber
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Prydain
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Dark is Rising
The Dark Tower
Darkover
Discworld
The Dragon Knight
Dragonlance Chronicles
The Dresden Files
Dune
Earthsea
Ender's Saga
The Farseer Trilogy
Flinx
Foundation
Galactic Milieu
Harry Potter
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Honor Harrington
Hyperion Cantos
The Inheritance Cycle
Known Space

Series	Author
Lazarus Long
Lensman
The Lord of the Rings
Majipoor
Mars Trilogy (Red/Green/Blue)
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
Myth Adventures
Oz
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Pern
The Riftwar Saga
Riverworld
The Saga of Recluce
Shannara
A Song of Ice and Fire
Space Odyssey (2001, etc.)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Stainless Steel Rat
The Sword of Truth
Time Quintet (A Wrinkle in Time)
The Tripods
Uplift
Vlad Taltos
Vorkosigan Saga
Warlock of Gramarye
Wars of Light and Shadow
The Wheel of Time
Witch World
Xanth
Young Wizards
Dune
Dune
Myth Adventures
Oz
The Wheel of Time

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SF & F Authors by Series Quiz

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Created May 10, 2010 in Literature
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	Rackie:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 20:17 GMT		6 points
	Terry Pratchett - a legend.

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	Sbb618:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 23:05 GMT		0 points
	I spent my last five minutes trying to spell diterlizzi

	Chapel:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 00:06 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz. Tough one. I barely made it to 40; and that's after having written a sci-fi quiz quite recently.

	Pogues:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 00:47 GMT		-3 points
	I'm both perplexed and baffled and stunned by the absence of Salvatore from this list. And shocked. Drizzt D'Urden is one of the most famous characters in the Forgotten Realms, and nothing.

	MRL:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 00:56 GMT		2 points
	@Pogues: Salvatore will be in the sequel quiz. I'm not familiar with Drizzt, since I haven't read Forgotten Realms (I avoided reading books based on role-playing games after a few bad experiences), so I forgot about Salvatore when making this one. But like I said, he's noted for the sequel, and there are plenty of other notable authors yet to be used.

	nsaret:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 02:00 GMT		0 points
	I would have used the Dorsai series (aka the Childe cycle) for Gordon Dickson. Good quiz though...

	jasperwyld:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 03:20 GMT		1 point
	Offhand, Robert E. Howard should definitely make the sequel if he's not already on your list. Fun quiz!

	Chromatos:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 03:23 GMT		3 points
	Due to enabling "accept last names", I got L. E. Modesitt, Jr by just entering "JR"

	plantsareneat:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 03:53 GMT		-1 points
	Excellent quiz. What, no Mercedes Lackey or John Scalzi? This definitely needs a sequel quiz. Glad to see Pratchett and Susan Cooper here! And now I've got a recommended reading list for the few I'd never heard of.

	MRL:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 04:20 GMT		2 points
	@jasperwyld: Yeah, Howard was one of the first "How did I forget that" names I put on the list for the sequel. @plantsareneat: Lackey's slated for the sequel. Wasn't familiar with Scalzi, but he looks like a good potential candidate as well.

	dxdtdemon:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 08:10 GMT		1 point
	It looks like the author of this quiz is a big fan of the works of Baen Publishing, so how come there aren't any Eric Flint, David Drake, or John Ringo books?

	perashaman:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 12:01 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz, but I'm going to continue the pattern of the other commenters: No Malazan Book of the Fallen?

	costrand:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 07:31 GMT		-3 points
	i don't know larry niven for his known space series, i know him for his ringworld series. but other than that it was a great quiz, made me realize i read way too much sci-fi.

	bendan:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 07:44 GMT		6 points
	props for including Robert Asprin. Got a big nostalgia buzz off that.

	MRL:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 08:20 GMT		3 points
	@dxdtdemon: All being considered for the sequel (though Flint may be a minor problem since he tends to collaborate with others on the list more than do solo work.) @perashaman: I'll jot it down as a candidate. @costrand: Ringworld is part of Known Space.

	Zalx:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 12:18 GMT		2 points
	I am looking forward to seeing how far up the most guessed chart George RR Martin goes once the HBO series comes out in April.

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	Chunklets:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 17:37 GMT		1 point
	At last - all those bus rides spent with battered little paperback novels pays off!! :) Anyway, wonderful quiz, and I'm very happy to see that you're intending a sequel. Might I get in on the "sequel suggestions" game by mentioned Guy Gavriel Kay's "Fionavar Tapestry" trilogy?

	frimbo:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 22:22 GMT		0 points
	I'd like to suggest two of my personal faves for the sequel: Book of the New Sun, and the Helliconia Trilogy.

	NY_MOB:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 04:25 GMT		1 point
	If nobody else is going to say it, I will. Please consider Ray Bradbury for the sequel. Thanx.

	MRL:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 08:51 GMT		1 point
	@Chunklets, frimbo: Jotted down. @NY_MOB: The main problem with including Bradbury is that, to the best of my knowledge, his novels haven't been series. If I'm mistaken, or if one of his fix-up novels is considered a series in and of itself by most people, let me know. He's certainly an important SF writer, and I'm not fond of excluding him any more than I am of not having Wells or Verne in here. Alternately, I might include some writers based on singular works, if the work is notable enough. But I'm not committing to that yet.

	mikehendry87:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 12:50 GMT		2 points
	Wow, I'm shocked you've missed out Iain M. Banks, one of the best SciFi authors going. The Culture books are amazing. Also, no David Gemmel? He had loads of classics- Waylander, Druss, Jon Shannow... the list goes on.

	will101:	Apr 26th, 2011 at 00:04 GMT		1 point
	So many great books at the least-guessed end.

	fuzzbotN:	Jun 8th, 2011 at 06:57 GMT		0 points
	Gad, do people really call it "Ender's Saga"? Next we'll be discussing Beethoven's Fifth Hootenanny.

	Beldarius:	Apr 4th, 2012 at 08:44 GMT		1 point
	It's surprising how few fantasy authors people know these days. : Back in the day everybody used to read David Eddings and Margaret Weis, but now nobody seems to know who they are. Also, am I the only one who knows Janny Wurts and has her books? -_-; Let's see, the other lesser known ones I like are Robert Jordan, George R.R. Martin, Raymond E. Feist, Rick Riordan, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander, Margaret Weis. How on earth is it possible people don't know these authors? :l

	MRL:	May 28th, 2012 at 23:49 GMT		1 point
	Well, it may have taken me a while, but I finally produced a sequel to this quiz: http://www.sporcle.com/games/MRL/sff-authors-by-series-ii