(urth) If I already like ...

[Craig Brewer]

Have we mentioned Chesterton yet? He's not only one of Wolfe's favorites, but they approach their themes in very similar ways, methinks.

Crowley...with a million exclamation points.

And I actually think that Steven Erikson is a fine writer. Someone said he was a guilty pleasure, but I tend to think more highly of his style. I've found that if you really pay some attention to his imagery and how the interconnected scenes are constructed, there's a real strong sense of craftsmanship where he tries to do a lot of nice things with mirroring, contrasts, etc. The actual sentences aren't particularly special, but I think it's pretty thoughtful stuff.

Ted Sturgeon's short stories. Kelly Link's short stories have a sense of the weird that I find similar to Wolfe's.

Jeff Vandermeer's _City of Saints and Madmen_ and M. John Harrison's _Viriconium_ stories are also comfortable relatives, I'd say.
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