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Who are the best science fiction/fantasy authors?
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Posted on 05/23/2008 10:02:34 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:02:34 AM PDT
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GSWarrior
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To: GSWarrior
A word of caution, 90% of them are crud. 90% of EVERYTHING is crud (Sturgeon’s Law).
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:05:33 AM PDT
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weegee
(We cant keep our homes on 72 at all times & just expect that other countries are going to say OK -BO)
To: GSWarrior
Three I can recommend wholeheartedly are Lois McMasters Bujold, Eric Flint, and John Ringo.
Ringo’s “The Last Centurion” rocks.
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:05:41 AM PDT
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: GSWarrior; SunkenCiv
Ray Bradbury.
To SC: < |:P~
To: GSWarrior
Clarke
Heinlein
Asimov
Niven
Pournelle
James P. Hogan
Cook
Feintuch
Gerrold
Herbert
just to name a few...
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:07:04 AM PDT
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The Louiswu
(Just say NO... to Hillary and O'Bama)
To: GSWarrior
Asimov, Bradbury, Herbert (Dune)
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:07:11 AM PDT
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contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: No Truce With Kings
I loved the Posleen war series of John Ringo, one of my all-time favorite novels.
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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)
To: GSWarrior
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.
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:07:29 AM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
("We have top men working on it." "Who?" "Top. Men.")
To: GSWarrior
To: GSWarrior
I haven't read my Sci-fi/Fantasy in quite a while, but among my tops would be:
- Frank Herbert
- Stephen R. Donaldson
- Michael Moorcock
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:07:49 AM PDT
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mykroar
(Repentence and Faith.)
To: GSWarrior
Harry Turtledove
John Birmingham
Robert Heinlein
Orson Scott Card
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:07:52 AM PDT
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buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: GSWarrior; Borges
Thomas Ligotti and Jorge Luis Borges.
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:08:23 AM PDT
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wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: GSWarrior
E.E. “Doc” Smith. Heinlein. Barbara Hambly. Linnea Sinclair. Asimov. Clarke. David Weber. In any order :)
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:08:30 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: GSWarrior
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
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:08:58 AM PDT
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PapaBear3625
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
To: contemplator
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...
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:09:43 AM PDT
by
ssaftler
To: PapaBear3625
Of all the Heinlein books I have read I enjoyed Moon the most.
To: GSWarrior
C.S. Lewis.. “Screwtape Letters” is the ultimate Sci-Fi..
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posted on
05/23/2008 10:11:16 AM PDT
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hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: Tanniker Smith
I enjoyed Pastwatch immensely. Great book.
To: GSWarrior
Roger Zelazny (I belive he is now deceased) has several extremely entertaining works out.
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