I would probably like LeGuin better as a writer if I had not met her as a person. Alas, I can say the same for a number of others, too... *sigh*
I myself am very fond of the works of Katherine Kurtz (and yes, I met her as a person, too
), as well as Evangeline Walton's retelling of the Welsh Mabinogian (no, I did not meet her). As for a marvelous blend of fantasy, humor, and horror, I highly recommend John Bellairs "The Face in the Frost." I also enjoyed Tim Powers' "The Drawing of the Dark," Gordon R. Dickson's "The Dragon and the George" and its sequels, and for humorous sword and sorcery, there's always Fritz Leiber's Fafherd and the Grey Mouser series. And of course, I'm a huge fan of T.H. White's "The Once and Future King."
More will probably occur to me as I let my brain simmer on it, though all of me is simmering right now, as it's hot and humid down here in Florida today, and my body was just getting used to autumn in Wisconsin. Gonna be a shock when we get home...
