Silverburg, C L Moore, so many. Robert E. Howard remains my favorite. Fortunately there are still a lot of good fantasy and sci-fi writers out there, even in the miasma of PC. Terry Brooks comes to mind. There was a grandeur and austerity to the older writers though that seems to be missing now. The focus now seems to be on more personal, intimate portrayals rather than archetypes.
Rambling paragraph, sorry. Been working long hours to keep my business up.
Ray Bradbury will be missed. I to am a R. E. Howard fan. Big fan of Lovecraft as well. Have you ever read Karl Edward Wagner?
Jack Vance, Roger Zelazny, Larry Niven.
The Sound of Summer Running will always epitomize for me what a short story should be and do. And it wasn’t even SF...just one of the best things I ever read.
. There was a grandeur and austerity to the older writers though that seems to be missing now. The focus now seems to be on more personal, intimate portrayals rather than archetypes.
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You defined the difference so well. Thanks