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To: Perdogg

Other than maybe Clarke, this is the last of the giants.


3 posted on 06/08/2012 6:06:50 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: freedumb2003
Clarke died in 2008.

Bradbury was the last of the greats (usually reported as Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke and Heinlein).

We've still got Fred Pohl, Niven, Pournelle, Harry Harrison and a few others. But the list grows thin. Not many folks are writing hard sci-fi anymore.

6 posted on 06/08/2012 6:20:34 AM PDT by jboot (Emperor: "How will this end?" Kosh: "In fire.")
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To: freedumb2003

The Big Four are gone - Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein. Clarke died in 2008.

High praise for Bradbury from Jerry Pournelle: “Ray affected writing more than he intended to: he made short stories look much easier than they are.”


7 posted on 06/08/2012 6:24:15 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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