By Christopher Golden – It’s not an easy thing for a writer to recommend just a few other authors or books. There are so very many. And Ian specifically said I couldn’t recommend my own books…(bastard!) The question, however, is which novels and authors have had an impact on and/or influenced me. The first writer to do so was Stephen King. I wasn’t yet a teenager when I began to devour his work. King has shown recently with Desperation that he is still capable of the old magic. Then there’s Clive Barker, whose Weaveworld is one of the best, and whose generosity toward other writers is unmatched. I’m not a…