Other "Leaps of Faith" readers have taken concerning Authors they have never read.

[Woody]

The Way of Shadows was a complete Leap of Faith for me, but was an amazing find, i can't wait to read the next two. Has anyone else found any other authors by taking a Leap of faith?

[skaw]

Storm Front the first of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files was a leap for me. It was before he was well known. It was one I have yet to regret.

[Irina]

I picked up George R.R. Martin on a "leap of faith" years ago--boy did that one pay off. Same story with BW.

[Blackhawk]

TA Barron for me, when I was younger. David Farland, more modern.

[Irina]

Oooh...oooh...I just ordered Runelords, by Farland...that will be my next series.

[Ikirouta]

Most of the books for me are a "leap of faith". Scott Lynch and his Locke Lamora (or Gentleman Bastards) sequence has been a very cool find. In more SciFi or (weird) scene Liz Williams has been a really pleasant surprise but after the first book that I read (Darklands) her books have been pretty much safe bets.

[Marie]

Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb and A Song of Ice & Fire by George R.R. Martin were both leaps for me, and well....the rest as they say is history.

[Alex]

I found out about these books by a "leap of faith." It's a great thing i did too. Another leap i took was Matthew Reilly. He's got some good books.

[Ben]

The last few authors I ended up liking were all leaps of faith. I got an advanced reading copy of A Game of Thrones, so it wasn't exactly a paid leap of faith but I still had to pick it up and want it. Great find. I have to admit that some of the more recent authors I have liked have all come from the same publisher (Orbit).

I did have two horrible leaps of faith this year though. One was Russell Kirkpatrick's "Across the Face of the World". I thought it should have been called "I take all my ideas from the Bible and then add an epic long drawn out journey ala Tolkien, with great maps". I hate slamming books but I couldn't finish that one. I had high hopes because I was looking for a good series.

The second was "The Wanderer's Tale" by David Bilsborough. It was like reading cardboard cutouts. It had a great cover though. I picked this one up early in the year while I was wanting to get back into good fantasy/sci-fi.

Luckily I found a slew of other good writers... Rothfuss, Nichols (Orcs), Scott Lynch, Jeff Somers, Joe Abercrombie, and of course, Brent Weeks just recently.

I am still undecided on Brian Ruckley. Sorry to go off topic.

[Blackhawk]

Rothfuss...I must agree. I read the first chapter and a half in the bookstore. Day after Christmas, I'm going to buy it. It was amazing. I wish out bookstore had some Abercrombie...It looks interesting.

[Sophonax]

Wow, I actually slogged through that book (Across the Face of the World). I think- this was about three years ago- I think I was on a trip or something, and I'd finished all the other new books I'd brought. It was a waste of time anyway.

[Drial]

David Gemmell was a leap of faith awhile back, but i have now read everyone of his books and he never disappoints.... i wish he was still alive =( I read nearly all of his books once a year.

[Mike]

I must agree with Ben. "Across the Face of the World" was leap of faith for me and boy was i disapointed. I was impressed with E.E. Knights Vampire Earth though. What a great series.