Re:Why I DON'T use this list... (Score 1)

An interesting if perhaps slightly dated list can be found at http://www.korval.com/congru2.htm -- this is a list of authors (not all science fiction) preferred by people who are Liaden Universe readers. Lee & Miller had a Liaden book -- I Dare -- that was ranked #2 on the amazon.com SF bestseller list and it reached somewhere in the 40s or 50s in the overall top 100 at amazon.com; I think it made it to #3 or so on one of the Locus bestseller lists -- which means you've got a list weighted toward readers who like Lee & Miller, Bujold, Weber, Cherryh, and etc...YMMV; I've used it because I like space opera adventure stuff.