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Who are the best science fiction/fantasy authors?
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Posted on 05/23/2008 10:02:34 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: GSWarrior
In terms of Fantasy..
Weis & Hickman and Tad Williams
To: NewJerseyJoe
Al Gore isn’t in the same class as the other two. They made their stuff up by themselves. Al Gore just hitched a ride on a wagon already moving, and became the driver.
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05/23/2008 10:25:15 AM PDT
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chesley
(Where's the omelet? -- Orwell)
To: GSWarrior
A new player with a nice old style
Orphanage by Robert Buettner - this is now a 3 book series with the 4th coming in November.
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05/23/2008 10:25:15 AM PDT
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The Louiswu
(Just say NO... to Hillary and O'Bama)
To: Unassuaged
Is Terry Pratchett worthwhile? I get a sense he is anti-religion. Not sure I want to read him.
To: GSWarrior
Lois McMaster Bujold - the Vorkosigan books. Start with
Shards of Honor then
Barrayar. Work through in order. The Chalion books are fantasy, pretty good but not as good as the Vorkosigan books, and the Sharing Knife series is merely competent fantasy.
I love the Man-Kzin War series.
And Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno. Sequel was good and a third is coming out.
Orson Scott Card's Alvin the Maker series.
And I still have a soft spot for Podkayne of Mars.
Here's a question - what are the biggest unanticipated changes in SF, from 70, 50, 30 years ago? I vote for the changed role of women, and the ubiquity of computers, as opposed to robots.
To: GSWarrior
Another vote for Niven and Pournelle, particularly their early stuff (e.g., Niven's Known Space, The Mote in God's Eye, Pournelle's King David's Spaceship). I tend to read oddball stuff by second-tier authors so I'm not sure I can give you a useful list, but I do enjoy character development so maybe this will be useful. Some authors I've enjoyed include Cynthia Felice, Wayland Drew, Paul O. Williams, Richard S. McEnroe, Margaret Davis, and George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle's book Windhaven. Most of those authors are out of print, though Windhaven was recently republished, as was Paul O. Williams post-holocaust Pelbar Cycle. From a fantasy angle, take a look at George R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series and Holly Lisle.
To: GSWarrior
anybody here ever read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov? very strange... very Russian...
To: GSWarrior
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05/23/2008 10:28:32 AM PDT
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Species8472
(He who can lead you to believe an absurdity, can lead you to commit an atrocity)
To: Squawk 8888
I used to like Turtledove until I read his World War series. I haven’t read anything by him since.
Was there ever a more loathsome protagonist than Sam Yeager?
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05/23/2008 10:28:59 AM PDT
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chesley
(Where's the omelet? -- Orwell)
To: GSWarrior
R.A. Lafferty, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Aickman.
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05/23/2008 10:29:40 AM PDT
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Rocko
( "Where's the global warming? It's freezing in here." -- Bob Dylan)
To: martin_fierro
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05/23/2008 10:30:07 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: GSWarrior
I read Diskworld a long time ago, but I never pick up any other of his books, so I cannot say..
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05/23/2008 10:30:18 AM PDT
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Unassuaged
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To: GSWarrior
OK, Asimov and Clarke are superlative, if you like the hard edged type. Clarke’s City at the End of Time, and Asimov’s Foundation and Robot series, with the last few books merging the themes, though his later work didn’t have the fullness of the earlier stuff.
Another honorable mention, mostly forgotten, is Brian Aldiss’ Trilogy of a planet subject to climatological extremes - Helliconia Spring, Summer and Winter, the first being the best, IMO.
Haven’t read much of it lately.
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05/23/2008 10:30:29 AM PDT
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swarthyguy
(Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001! That's SIX +years, Dubya.)
To: GSWarrior
I haven’t read Gripping Hand because it got horrible reviews. I recommend Niven’s Known Space books (particularly Ringworld, Ringworld Engineers, A World of Ptaavs, and various short story collections) and Pournelle’s King David’s Spaceship, also set in the same universe as Mote. Legacy of Heorot is pretty good but I’ve heard mixed things about the sequel.
To: GSWarrior
Consider a recent book called Zig-Zag translated from Spanish.
James Hogan has a series of books and a website. And they are great!
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05/23/2008 10:31:51 AM PDT
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swarthyguy
(Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001! That's SIX +years, Dubya.)
To: GSWarrior
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05/23/2008 10:33:27 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: GSWarrior
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:35:14 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We deserve the government we allow.)
To: GSWarrior
Mote in God’s Eye..one of the best. I agree with Gripping Hand..not too good, loved Footfall, never met anyone else that had ever read it.
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05/23/2008 10:35:17 AM PDT
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The Louiswu
(Just say NO... to Hillary and O'Bama)
To: GSWarrior
J. Michael Straczynski
However, he’s more of a writer than an author.
Only writer in the history of TV to write EVERY show for an entire season (I believe Season 3, “Babylon 5”).
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05/23/2008 10:36:21 AM PDT
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hoagy62
(Happily watching the Left go full-goose bozo.)
To: NewJerseyJoe
You forgot Mohamed (piss be upon him).
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05/23/2008 10:38:08 AM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(Cthulu '08! Why vote for the lesser evil?)
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