best fantasy authors

most fantasy is utter shit esp since 90s and into 2000s utter 
shit, but ealier stuff is a goldmine

michael moorcock elric corum 1-3 hawkmoon
robert e howard conan the barbarian
jack vance tales of the dying earth demon princes planet of 
 adventure tschai big planet anything almost
glen cook the black company 1-3 and the silver spike
lawrence watt-evans lure of basilisk
fritz leiber fafhrd grey mouser
David Gemmell's Druss waylander
philip farmer world of tiers