Favourite sci-fi authors

Discussion in 'Sci-Fi Books' started by Crosslight, May 31, 2006.

  1. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    he's one more who would have been on my list if i'd taken more time to think about it.

    i've actually got masks of the martyrs kicking arround the house somewhere.

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  2. magnus greel

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    Walter Miller, Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Sturgeon, LeGuin, Gene Wolfe.
     
  3. Oh So strangE indeeD

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    Frank Herbert by far my favorite science fiction author. Ursula LeGuin is pretty sweet too
     
  4. offset

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    One of my many faves left this planet some days ago.........RIP Michael Crichton :(:(

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  5. Evil_ed

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    Douglas Adams, Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, John W. Campbell
     
  6. Hannuck

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    My two favourites are Wells and Clarke. Wells was kinda forerunner of all these sci-fi thematics that have become classic.
     
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    Robert A. Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert J. Sawyer, and Cory Doctorow.

    These authors have changed the way I see and approach my world.
     
  8. Katana

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    Verne

    Asimov

    Niven

    Aldiss

    Wells

    Herbert

    I'm sure there are others.
     
  9. RajahQar

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    Steve Alten (Megaladons are so cool)
    Jeffery Deaver
    Jules Verne

    Top 3 atm
     
  10. SweetBlasphemy

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    Sci-fi is not one of my strong points, but these 3 will always have a special place: H. P. Lovecraft, Douglas Adams, Clive Barker.

    Lovecraft is among my top 5 of all time, but he's not strictly sci-fi, so...
     
  11. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    pkd

    don't really like sf all that much, though . . .
     
  12. Razorofoccam

    Razorofoccam Banned

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    Then what the fuck are you doing here?
     
  13. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    Arthur C. Clarke
     
  14. Razorofoccam

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    If peeps knew that 2001 was based on PURE HARD SF aka th 'sentinel' they would get squirrely
     
  15. The Imaginary Being

    The Imaginary Being PAIN IN ASS Lifetime Supporter

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    mork - na noo na noo
     
  16. Gistri

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    Greg Bear
    Michael Crichton
    Neil Gaiman
    Frank Herbert
    Jerry Pournelle
    Dan Simmons
    Neal Stephenson
     
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    John Varley is the best. His new trilogy RED THUNDER, RED LIGHTENING, & ROLLING THUNDER are awesome. I don't think it beat his first trilogy TITAN, WIZARD, & DEMON tho. One of his books MILLENNIUM was made into a movie with Sheril Ladd & Chris Christofferson.
     
  18. The Chinaman

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    John Wyndham by a country mile - He's fucking great. Also Mr Dick, though I prefer his non SF stuff really.
     
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    Frank Herbert
    Douglas Adams
    Joe Haldeman
     
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    Way to many to list.

    But for pure joy of reading:
    Connie Willis
     

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