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Who are the best science fiction/fantasy authors?
5/22/ | Myself

Posted on 05/23/2008 10:02:34 AM PDT by GSWarrior

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1 posted on 05/23/2008 10:02:34 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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Tolkien


2 posted on 05/23/2008 10:03:19 AM PDT by americanophile
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A word of caution, 90% of them are crud. 90% of EVERYTHING is crud (Sturgeon’s Law).


3 posted on 05/23/2008 10:05:33 AM PDT by weegee (We cant keep our homes on 72 at all times & just expect that other countries are going to say OK -BO)
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Three I can recommend wholeheartedly are Lois McMasters Bujold, Eric Flint, and John Ringo.

Ringo’s “The Last Centurion” rocks.


4 posted on 05/23/2008 10:05:41 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: GSWarrior; SunkenCiv
Ray Bradbury.

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5 posted on 05/23/2008 10:06:09 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Clarke
Heinlein
Asimov
Niven
Pournelle
James P. Hogan
Cook
Feintuch
Gerrold
Herbert


just to name a few...
6 posted on 05/23/2008 10:07:04 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Just say NO... to Hillary and O'Bama)
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Asimov, Bradbury, Herbert (Dune)


7 posted on 05/23/2008 10:07:11 AM PDT by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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I loved the Posleen war series of John Ringo, one of my all-time favorite novels.


8 posted on 05/23/2008 10:07:15 AM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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I asked a similar question on another board recently. Got a lot of interesting answers.

Anyway, I like Asimov. I can get through Heinlein. I'm currently enjoying Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and I've previously read his "Pastwatch", which I liked, too.

Just finished "2001" and it was sleep-inducing. "3001" was better, but not exactly a great read. (I haven't read the others.)

Fantasy, I liked the late David Gemmel's stuff. Lord of the Rings is a must-read if you wish to have a conversation with anyone on the topic of fantasy (and Harry Potter is/will be joining that).

Never read any of "The Wheel of Time" and I don't intend to.

Whoops. There's the bell. Gotta go. More later.

9 posted on 05/23/2008 10:07:29 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith ("We have top men working on it." "Who?" "Top. Men.")
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Robert A. Heinlein


10 posted on 05/23/2008 10:07:34 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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I haven't read my Sci-fi/Fantasy in quite a while, but among my tops would be:


11 posted on 05/23/2008 10:07:49 AM PDT by mykroar (Repentence and Faith.)
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Harry Turtledove

John Birmingham

Robert Heinlein

Orson Scott Card

12 posted on 05/23/2008 10:07:52 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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Thomas Ligotti and Jorge Luis Borges.


13 posted on 05/23/2008 10:08:23 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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E.E. “Doc” Smith. Heinlein. Barbara Hambly. Linnea Sinclair. Asimov. Clarke. David Weber. In any order :)


14 posted on 05/23/2008 10:08:30 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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If you liked Pournelle's military SF, you will probably like David Drake and John Ringo

Let's not forget Robert Heinlein. While some of his post-stroke fiction was below par, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" was a classic

15 posted on 05/23/2008 10:08:58 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
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Asimov had some pretty good characters, such as those in the “Foundation” and “I, Robot” series of books.

Too bad the man was a raving, Kool-Aid drinking leftist...


16 posted on 05/23/2008 10:09:43 AM PDT by ssaftler
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Of all the Heinlein books I have read I enjoyed Moon the most.


17 posted on 05/23/2008 10:10:41 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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C.S. Lewis.. “Screwtape Letters” is the ultimate Sci-Fi..


18 posted on 05/23/2008 10:11:16 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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I enjoyed Pastwatch immensely. Great book.


19 posted on 05/23/2008 10:11:55 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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Roger Zelazny (I belive he is now deceased) has several extremely entertaining works out.


20 posted on 05/23/2008 10:12:16 AM PDT by willgolfforfood
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