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1 posted on 01/28/2007 3:22:00 PM PST by EveningStar
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Fascinating. I put in a bunch of egregiously self-centered answers, and it generated this:
I am:
H.G. Wells
The first major literary talent to make himself at home in the science fiction field, greatly expanding its popularity.


Which science fiction writer are you?


102 posted on 01/28/2007 8:01:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
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Hey, wtf? I'm an independent. ;')

I am:
91%
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?

104 posted on 01/28/2007 8:04:42 PM 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

Jules Verne


111 posted on 01/28/2007 9:24:02 PM PST by GOPJ ("feminists who got where they are by marrying men with power: Hillary.Pelosi.and John Kerry"-Coulter)
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To: EveningStar

Apparently I'm E.E. "Doc" Smith. Never heard of him. Wikipedia to the rescue!

BTW-I noticed that quite a few of got this guy. Interesting. Wonder if it was the test or just people who frequent FreeRepublic.


112 posted on 01/28/2007 9:31:31 PM PST by onja ("The government of England is a limited mockery.") (France is a complete mockery.)
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To: GeronL
Ping!
113 posted on 01/28/2007 9:38:24 PM 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?


117 posted on 01/28/2007 11:39:27 PM PST by aruanan
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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: 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: 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
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: 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: EveningStar
I am:
Gregory Benford
A master literary stylist who is also a working scientist.


Which science fiction writer are you?

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149 posted on 01/29/2007 1:01:43 PM PST by bravo whiskey (everybody's shot. drive the truck)
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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?

Not surprising really. I like a lot of his stuff.
152 posted on 01/29/2007 4:15:33 PM PST by rbookward (When 900 years old you are, type as well you will not!)
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To: EveningStar; KevinDavis

Turns out that i'm Dr. Jerry Pournelle. Funny, always liked his work, and wish he'd write some new Sci Fi.


153 posted on 01/29/2007 4:24:34 PM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: EveningStar
Fiction: Larry Niven.

Fantasy: Lord Dunsany.

--Boris

164 posted on 02/05/2007 12:45:01 PM PST by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a leftist with a word processor.)
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