A few authors (Score 1)

Also try reading other genre's, non-fiction, et al.

Science Fiction
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George Alec Effinger
Orscon Scott Card
Rudy Rucker
Neal Stephenson
William Gibson
Dan Simmons
Cory Doctrow
Bruce Sterling

Fantasy
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Steven Brust
Terry Goodkind (Sword of Truth Series)
Robert Jordon (Although the Wheel of Time started to bore me after volume 75, when all the characters were well into their 90s and selling wine coolers.)
Roger Zelazny

Fiction
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Haruki Marukami
Jim Munroe
Jonathon Lethem
David Bowman