Donald E. Westlake (Hot rock, Bad news, Don't ask), Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy), Stanislaw Lem (Solaris, Cyberiad, Master's voice), J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Alan Dean Foster (Alien, Aliens), Andrzej Sapkowski (Wiedzmin), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) and many authors of Star Trek novels (Ann C. Crispin, James Blish, Gene DeWeese).

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