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Thanks for the ping.

I stopped reading sci fi quite a while ago. I now read history books, almost exclusively. I’m currently reading Gordon Rhea’s series on the Overland Campaign of 1864.

As for my favorite sci fi authors, I really liked Asimov. The Foundation Trilogy was a favorite. When watching the last 3 Star Wars movies, the scenes of the capital planet of the Empire were right out of my imagination of what Trantor must have looked like to Asimov’s. I’m sure that’s where Lucas got the inspiration for the imagery.

I also enjoyed Arthur C. Clarke, particularly Childhood’s End.

I read many of the Pournelle and Hogan books. They were pretty good. But not on Asimov or Clarke’s level.

An obscure favorite was Norman Spinrad’s “The Iron Dream.” Bizarre; purports to be sci fi written in the 1950’s by a poor German immigrant to the United States named Adolph Hitler.