Following are the authors with recommendations from 5 or more ofthose sending in lists and their total number of recommendations(as of 3/6/99). Do note that David Eddings' position in the numberone spot is more a comment on the nature of the List rather than onhis literary talent. The List was originally created in thealt.fan.eddings newsgroup and Eddings became, by default, thecommon touchstone for all the recommenders.
Eddings, David. . . . . . .157 Feist, Raymond. . . . . . . 75 Jordan, Robert. . . . . . . 74 Tolkien, J.R.R. . . . . . . 70 Donaldson, Stephen. . . . . 60 Brooks, Terry . . . . . . . 51 Pratchett, Terry. . . . . . 49 Williams, Tad . . . . . . . 43 McCaffrey, Anne . . . . . . 41 Kay, Guy Gavriel. . . . . . 40 Weis & Hickman. . . . . . . 40 Kerr, Katharine . . . . . . 33 Lackey, Mercedes. . . . . . 32 Kurtz, Katherine. . . . . . 31 Le Guin, Ursula . . . . . . 29 Rawn, Melanie . . . . . . . 28 Lewis, C.S. . . . . . . . . 27 Zelazny, Roger. . . . . . . 25 May, Julian . . . . . . . . 23 Brust, Steven . . . . . . . 21 Hambly, Barbara . . . . . . 21 Moorcock, Michael . . . . . 21 Gemmell, David. . . . . . . 20 Alexander, Lloyd. . . . . . 19 Bradley, Marian Zimmer. . . 19 Duncan, Dave. . . . . . . . 19 McKillip, Patricia. . . . . 18 Wurts, Janny. . . . . . . . 18 Anthony, Piers. . . . . . . 17 Cooper, Susan . . . . . . . 17 de Lint, Charles. . . . . . 17 Salvatore, R.A. . . . . . . 17 Asprin, Robert. . . . . . . 16 Beagle, Peter . . . . . . . 14 Cherryh, C.J. . . . . . . . 14 Goodkind, Terry . . . . . . 13 Card, Orson Scott . . . . . 12 McKinley, Robin . . . . . . 12 Cook, Glen. . . . . . . . . 11 Lawhead, Stephen. . . . . . 11 Roberson, Jennifer. . . . . 11 Tepper, Sheri . . . . . . . 11 Vance, Jack . . . . . . . . 11 Wells, Angus. . . . . . . . 11 de Camp, L. Sprague . . . . 10 Friedman, C.S.. . . . . . . 10 Hobb, Robin . . . . . . . . 10 MacAvoy, R.A. . . . . . . . 10 Modesitt, L.E.. . . . . . . 10 Moon, Elizabeth . . . . . . 10 Wrede, Patricia . . . . . . 10 Cook, Hugh. . . . . . . . . .9 Foster, Alan Dean . . . . . .9 Hughart, Barry. . . . . . . .9 Rice, Ann . . . . . . . . . .9 Saberhagen, Fred. . . . . . .9 Carroll, Lewis. . . . . . . .8 Edgerton, Teresa. . . . . . .8 Goldman, William. . . . . . .8 Jones, Diana Wynne. . . . . .8 King, Stephen . . . . . . . .8 Norton, Andre . . . . . . . .8 Powers, Tim . . . . . . . . .8 Stasheff, Christopher . . . .8 Tarr, Judith. . . . . . . . .8 Taylor, Roger . . . . . . . .8 Watt-Evans, Lawrence. . . . .8 Wolfe, Gene . . . . . . . . .8 Eisenstein, Phyllis . . . . .7 Green, Simon. . . . . . . . .7 Leiber, Fritz . . . . . . . .7 McKiernan, Dennis . . . . . .7 Reichart, Mickey Zucker . . .7 Rohan, Michael. . . . . . . .7 Rosenberg, Joel . . . . . . .7 White, T.H. . . . . . . . . .7 Bradbury, Ray . . . . . . . .6 Bull, Emma. . . . . . . . . .6 Cooper, Louise. . . . . . . .6 Dean, Pamela. . . . . . . . .6 Dunsany, Lord . . . . . . . .6 Duane, Diane. . . . . . . . .6 Garner, Alan. . . . . . . . .6 Hodgell, P.C. . . . . . . . .6 Jacques, Brian. . . . . . . .6 Russell, Sean . . . . . . . .6 Wylie, Jonathan . . . . . . .6
All of the other authors currently on the list (and there's alot of 'em) have less than 6 recommendations.