David Gemmell

The Wall Street Journal has a profile on the late fantasy writer (and favorite of John, Nick and mine) David Gemmell. Although it includes a cheap shot at Golden Compass while lionizing LOTR and Narnia (as conservatives are wont to do) it did serve to remind me some of the reasons I enjoy reading fiction (particularly fantasy/science fiction). While I've come nowhere close to reading all of Gemmell's books (Nick is probably much closer) I can recommend his first novel, Legend as his best. As someone who sits and reads science all day (and much of the night now) I can tell you that nothing is better than sitting down with Gemmell's mighty heroes for an hour or two before bed.