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Which Science Fiction Writer Are You?
paulkienitz.net ^ | Paul Kienitz

Posted on 01/28/2007 3:21:58 PM PST by EveningStar

The guy who wrote it is a pinko, but you might like to take the test anyway. :)

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: sciencefiction; scifi; sf
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To: EveningStar
I am:
William Gibson
The chief instigator of the "cyberpunk" wave of the 1980s, his razzle-dazzle futuristic intrigues were, for a while, the most imitated work in science fiction.


Which science fiction writer are you?


121 posted on 01/28/2007 11:49:24 PM PST by Zeroisanumber (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: BlazingArizona

I'm aware of RAH's early connection with such dodgy types.

However, based at least on their prominence in his novels, his obsession with unconventional sexual practices seems to have increased in later life.


122 posted on 01/29/2007 2:18:27 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: NicknamedBob
But if he ventured into actual homosexuality, he must have done it in such a gentle fashion that I hardly noticed.

You must not have read some of the last books he wrote. Not that you missed a great deal

123 posted on 01/29/2007 2:21:16 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: SunkenCiv
I am:
93%
Republican.
"You're the perfect sycophant of the Republican elite. Tom DeLay and Karl Rove would be utterly proud of you."

Are You A Republican?

The problem was some of them, like the first, had no acceptable answer.

124 posted on 01/29/2007 2:33:17 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (I am the Cat who Walks by Himself and all places are alike to me!)
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To: Professional Engineer; Soaring Feather
I was Heinlein. I can see why you two came up as your authors, too. :^)
125 posted on 01/29/2007 4:42:10 AM PST by Samwise (The root word in "environmentalist" is "mental.")
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To: Darkwolf377

Great! I still haven't "sold" any, but have had a few published.


126 posted on 01/29/2007 5:19:32 AM PST by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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To: EveningStar

I saw this one on another list (My answer came out as Hal Clement).


127 posted on 01/29/2007 5:22:09 AM PST by steve-b (It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
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To: EveningStar
I am:
Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)
A quiet and underrated master of "hard science" fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s.


Which science fiction writer are you?


128 posted on 01/29/2007 5:49:24 AM PST by nuke rocketeer
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To: EveningStar
I am:
Philip K. Dick
The brilliant yet trashy master of the reality warp always left you unsure of what was real, but never forgot compassion.


Which science fiction writer are you?


129 posted on 01/29/2007 6:00:36 AM PST by absolootezer0 (stop repeat offenders - don't re-elect them!)
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To: Samwise

It was a fun quiz. I guess my Science Fiction is in my head. I did write some years ago in poetic form. It was strange. ;)


130 posted on 01/29/2007 6:50:13 AM PST by Soaring Feather (I Soar, cause I can.... I do poetry, too!-The Dragonflies'Lair)
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To: EveningStar
I am:
Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)
A quiet and underrated master of "hard science" fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s.


Which science fiction writer are you?


131 posted on 01/29/2007 7:54:42 AM PST by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, Deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, ATF and DEA)
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To: EveningStar
Ellison as a writer, certainly deserves a salute. He's superb. As a person, however, he's a punk - unless he's changed in his old age.

I doubt it... He's a terrific speaker who will NOT suffer fools. He can be engaging and funny, or ascerbic and insulting, and he can switch between the two quite quickly. He can be great at cons. He's a terrific writer, but a better commentator (although I rarely agreed with him on politics), but I think that he's at his best as an editor. His "Dangerous Visions" collections introduced many readers to some really wonderful writers.

It's been years since I've seen him at a con, but I once called him at home on a Sunday morning, forgetting that CA was 3 hours earlier than NY time... OOPS! He was more than a bit grumpy with me. Not that I blamed him! lol I think it was about 6:0am there.

Mark

132 posted on 01/29/2007 10:20:11 AM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: EveningStar
I am:
Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)
A quiet and underrated master of "hard science" fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s.


Which science fiction writer are you?

Is Orson Scott Card even a possible result?

133 posted on 01/29/2007 10:20:53 AM PST by Grig
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To: Darkwolf377

What magazine?


134 posted on 01/29/2007 10:21:45 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Jack Deth
Decades ago he'd written the original 'Outer Limits" episode, "Demon With A Glass Hand" and later sued James Cameron's "The Terminator" for supposed Copyright Infringement and Plagerism for the use of time travel in saving the Earth as we know it.

Actually, it was for the short story "I Have No Mouth But Must Scream" (I believe that was the title.) The story behind the original Terminator really did pretty much borrow the entire concept from the story. And it wasn't about money. It was to get a line in the credits "acknowledging the works of HE"

It's an awesome story, and was really amazing when it was released.

Mark

135 posted on 01/29/2007 10:22:31 AM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yeah, it was another fixed election by a leftist. ;')


136 posted on 01/29/2007 10:25:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
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To: EveningStar
I am:
E.E. "Doc" Smith
The inventor of space opera. His purple space war tales remain well-read generations later.


Which science fiction writer are you?

Odd.... I haven't read any Doc Smith. I thought I would be more like Heinlein myself.
137 posted on 01/29/2007 10:26:28 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: EveningStar
I am:
Robert A. Heinlein
Beginning with technological action stories and progressing to epics with religious overtones, this take-no-prisoners writer racked up some huge sales numbers.


Which science fiction writer are you?


138 posted on 01/29/2007 10:30:05 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
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To: EveningStar

E. E. "Doc" Smith.

No wonder I have so much trouble with a lot of modern SF and hate GINO.


139 posted on 01/29/2007 10:36:27 AM PST by Little Ray
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To: MarkL
Ellison's as cranky as ever, but a hoot to have dinner with (I had the pleasure of sitting next to him a few weeks ago, at a mutual friend's birthday). His wife Susan helps keep him somewhat in check, I suspect by kicking him under the table when he starts to get wound up about something. And while he's certainly made a lot of enemies over the years, he's won even more friends. He's famously generous and encouraging to young writers. But he does not suffer fools.

The Terminator lawsuit was over the two Outer Limits episodes, but the best part of the story is that, after he won, Ellison spent all the money to rent a billboard directly opposite the Paramount Studio gates saying "PARAMOUNT STEALS FROM WRITERS."

140 posted on 01/29/2007 10:41:07 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep
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