When you discover a unexampled best-loved writer , you require to plunk in and read all of his or her works — but sometimes , that entail a paltry stack of five or six books . And then there are some authors whose outturn would take geezerhood to read . Here are the 11 most prolific science fable and fantasy authors of all fourth dimension .
Top image : The adept are Ours by Andre Norton .
The ReverendLionel Fanthorpe , an Anglican vicar , wrote for Badger Books during the fifties and 60s under many pseudonyms , maybe more than 20 unlike names in total . Due to the sheer figure of book under dissimilar names , which were sometimes being used by other author for Badger Books at the same time , there is no complete bibliography . collector approximate that Fanthrope wrote over 180 leger , 89 which were write during a 3 year period . On average he nail a book every 12 day . To quote from the Fanthorpe lover pageboy :
Badger Books would send Fanthorpe a back house painting , often the more lurid the skilful ( see theCover Galleryfor example ) . He would be asked to compose a back - cover endorsement and suggest several title for the rule book to go along with the art . After a title was fall on , he would start write the novel . A humorous deterrent example is The Last Valkyrie . For those of you who do n’t know , a Valkyrie is a mythological Norse human body who took valiant warrior from the battlefield straight to Valhalla where they would feast and fight forever and a day in paradise . The Last Valkyrie is set mainly in ancient Greece . It bear on Daedelus , his boy Icarus and King Minos . Near the terminal of the book one chapter is devoted to explaining the whole of Norse mythology . It has the feel of a last minute realization of “ We require to fill another 20 Thomas Nelson Page ! Oh , and I should make for Valkyrie into this somewhere . ”
Neil Gaiman is ofttimes quote as having say , “ Do not understand too much Lionel Fanthorpe at one go , your brainpower will turn to guacamole and drip out of your ear . ”
Mercedes Lackey began publishing in 1987 with her book Arrows of the Queen . Since thenshe has published 142 books , an norm of 5.5 books / year . Some 30 of those books are in in the Valdemar Saga , her best known works . Lackey is still publishing books , with at least two book scheduled to be write in 2014 . She has cooperate on eight books , with conscientious objector - authors including Eric Flint , Dave Freer , James Mallory , Rosemary Edghill , and others .
Piers Anthonyis a renowned science fiction / fantasy author who believes thatone of his enceinte achievementsis having published a Good Book for every letter of the alphabet . He is best know for the the Xanth serial publication . Between 1967 - 2013 , he write over 100 books , averaging almost three books a class , and he ’s still writing and publish today . The thirty-seventh Xanth novel , Esrever Doom , will be out later this calendar month .
Harry Turtledove , well known for his substitute story novels , has written 120 booksand is still write . In the 34 years he has been publishing , Turtledove has average out 3.5 book / year . He has written under some pseudonym , including Eric G. Iverson and Mark Gordian , and he has also join forces with writer such as Richard Dreyfuss , Judith Tarr , S.M. Stirling and Kevin Sandes .
Andre Norton was a prolific phantasy author , well make love for the Witch World serial . She was the author or co - author of over 250 novels , including 52 books with collaborator . Between her first publication in 1934 and her death in 2005 she published an average of 3.5 novels a year .
Isaac Asimovwas one of the most successful and influential science fiction author of all time . He wrote so many Koran , short history , and essays that it ’s difficult to findan exact count . Even Asimov himself did n’t trust he had a consummate bibliography of his body of work . By most accounts , he published well over 500 books in 9 of the 10 Dewey Decimal categories . By the end of his lifespan he had publish well over 400 pieces of myopic fable , including the Foundation serial and the Robot series .
Brian Aldissis one of themost influentialand fertile British scientific discipline fabrication writers . In addition to being the first president of the British Science Fiction Association , he has written lots of books and C of short stories . Between 1942 and the present he wrote 65 novels , almost one Word every year — but his most impressive output comes from brusque fiction : he wrote over 370 short taradiddle between 1954 and 2011 , about seven stories a year .
This German writer has published over 200 novels , and is still writing — but very few of his books have been translated into English . He ’s the co - author of the Enwor serial , about Skar , a member of a travel martial arts tribe called the Sakai . Some of his books also involve retellings of Teutonic folklore — and he ’s also written a figure of Indiana Jones novels that were never translated into English .
advantageously fuck for Fahrenheit 451,Ray Bradburywas really most prolific with short fiction . Many of his novels were really pieced together appeal of previously published short stories . He also wrote plays , television scripts , essays , verse form and short stories . In total he published over 600 brusk stories in his 72 yr career , average eight stories per year .
Even R.A. Salvatore himselfcan’t keep trackof how many books he ’s pen . When postulate how many Dark Elf book he ’s release he guesses 23 — admittingthat he might have forget a few . He is best known for the Forgotten Realms novels . Since he published his first novel , The Crystal Shard , in 1988 , Salvatore has written well over 100 books . On ordinary he write four volume per year . He is still write today with at least one Word of God scheduled to come out in 2014 .
Marion Zimmer Bradley , with dozens of novel let in the Darkover serial , Michael Moorcock , with 70 novels and 150 short floor , Tanith Lee , with 79 Book and 100 short account , Stephen King , with 94 novels and 185 short stories ; C.J. Cherryh , with 70 novels and 83 short stories and novelettes ; Arthur C. Clarke with 21 novels and 12 co - authored book of account — but over 100 Word entire in various categories ; Anne McCaffrey with 52 novels , 28 co - authored novel , and 66 short stories ; Philip K. Dick with 44 novels and 121 short stories ; and Terry Pratchett with some 55 novels , admit 40 Discworld Christian Bible .
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