[AnnaZ]

Allegedly I am someone whom I have never heard of (which, frankly, doesn't bode well for me succeeding at anything in a significant way).

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I am: Olaf Stapledon Standing outside the science fiction "field", he wrote fictional explorations of the futures of whole species and galaxies.

Which science fiction writer are you?

[EveningStar]

The only book I read by him was "Odd John". I started "Star Maker" and "Sirius" but never finished them.

[Berosus]

Oh I've heard of Olaf Stapledon. If you ever get the idea that you're somebody special, his "Last and First Men" will cure you of that. And if that novel doesn't do it, his history of the entire universe, "Star Maker," will.

[BlazingArizona]

Allegedly I am someone whom I have never heard of (which, frankly, doesn't bode well for me succeeding at anything in a significant way)

Stapledon wrote so long ago that it was even before my time. His specialty was very large scale stories, written in prose dense as Christmas fruitcake, whose characters were entire civilizations.

[sam_paine]

I am: Dr. Seuss You're wrong as the deuce And you shouldn't rejoice If you're calling him Seuss. He pronounces it Soice.

Which fiction writer would be worth a Bic lighter?