To: EveningStar; SunkenCiv; All
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I am:Gregory Benford A master literary stylist who is also a working scientist. |
Which science fiction writer are you?
That fits me, except I've never heard of the guy ;-)
For the nonce, I still need to get around to reading Stapledon. C.S. Lewis recommended his stuff.
Used to love Asimov when I was an atheist, still love his puns and am intrigued by the sheer volume of sociology he made an explicit part of his works (e.g. Nightfall, The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun.
That being said, some of his work is as sociologically dated (chronologically self-stereotyped) as Ayn Rand's.
Cheers! Cheers!
92 posted on
01/28/2007 7:47:36 PM PST by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers; Soaring Feather; RightWhale; KevinDavis; sionnsar; Harmless Teddy Bear
Uh-oh.
Now that we're all discovering all these old masters, no one is going to read my stuff, even if I am an incipient Robert Heinlein.
94 posted on
01/28/2007 7:52:15 PM PST by
NicknamedBob
(Sign says, "No dogs allowed -- except seeing-eye dogs" Why don't they put that sign down lower?)
To: grey_whiskers; Soaring Feather; RightWhale; KevinDavis; sionnsar; Harmless Teddy Bear
Uh-oh.
Now that we're all discovering all these old masters, no one is going to read my stuff, even if I am an incipient Robert Heinlein.
95 posted on
01/28/2007 7:52:15 PM PST by
NicknamedBob
(Sign says, "No dogs allowed -- except seeing-eye dogs" Why don't they put that sign down lower?)
101 posted on
01/28/2007 7:58:44 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
To: grey_whiskers
"That fits me, except I've never heard of the guy..."
I know Greg... good guy, very dry humor, broadly schooled and absolutely frighteningly scary smart.
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