[Notary Sojac]

No van Vogt, even on the alsoran list? Pfui!!

And D-v-d G-rr-ld's name will never be uttered by me until he finishes the damn Chtorr series.

[reformedliberal]

Sometimes an idea just peters out, but I have also been waiting forever for that final book in the series.

I am in the add Gibson camp. Not sure about volume of work as a criteria, though. Corey Doctorow deserves inclusion with 8 or 10 books (too busy to go check). Octavia Butler may be too identified with “-isms” & (fill in the blank)politically correct liberal “studies”, but her science fiction is amazing.

My preference is for what I call *sociological science fiction* that explores life and people within a future context or within the context of paranormal abilities.

Maybe “15 Greatest” is too arbitrary.

[Ransomed]

Here’s an essay by conservative sci-fi writer John C. Wright that van Vogt should be looked at as 1/3 of the ‘big three’ of golden age authors instead of either Clarke or Bradbury.

http://www.scifiwright.com/2013/02/the-big-three/

Freegards

[NewMexLurker]

And D-v-d G-rr-ld's name will never be uttered by me until he finishes the damn Chtorr series.

I was going to make a similar statement, until I saw you had already covered it. And you know what? He is never, ever going to finish it! It's obvious he has no intention of ever even trying. I plan on finding and desecrating his grave, if I outlive him.