Poll: Favorite Sci-fi Author
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Vek said:
I agree with these two. Arthur C. Clarke is amazing (check out Childhood's End; it's short, but one of my all-time favourite sci-fi books).3rd rung said:
From the list, I'd have to say Asimov. He only invented the three laws and so many other things that are the staples of science fiction these days.
I also heard somewhere he predicted social networking sites in one of his novels, but for the life of me I can't remember where the hell I heard that or which book.
*sigh* I hate threads that limit your choice to a series of predetermined selections. You can make cases that several of those authors weren't even SF authors, depending on which definition of SF you use. (And, related note, when it's literature, it's never sci-fi, but always SF if you want to abbreviate it and not offend the actual authors; sci-fi applies to B-movies and pulp novels).
Alright, my rant aside, of the names provided, I voted for Verne, since IMO his influence can be seen on the vast majority of contemporary SF even if they don't know it.
Alright, my rant aside, of the names provided, I voted for Verne, since IMO his influence can be seen on the vast majority of contemporary SF even if they don't know it.
Good selection, but you missed John Brunner and Philip K Dick - you can't miss out the two big Hugo award winners, and they're still butchering K dicks stuff in Holiwood to this day...
Oh, and Ursula D Gwinn, oh and-I'll shut up now.
Oh, and Ursula D Gwinn, oh and-I'll shut up now.
Isaac Asimov, for the following reasons:
1) He wrote a fictional scientific paper about a chemical that dissolved before it contacted water (thiotimoline).
2) He wrote a story that tried to figure out how a goose could really lay golden eggs (Pate de Foie Gras).
3) He wrote so many classics of the genre, and was an apparently spiff person besides.
1) He wrote a fictional scientific paper about a chemical that dissolved before it contacted water (thiotimoline).
2) He wrote a story that tried to figure out how a goose could really lay golden eggs (Pate de Foie Gras).
3) He wrote so many classics of the genre, and was an apparently spiff person besides.
Thirding this. Card's 'Ender' series was sheer freaking BRILLIANCE, and the 'Shadow' series made me cry like a little girl by the end.Ziltoid said:
However, Douglas Adams is, and always will be, my favorite sci-fi author. The quotes i've picked up from his books, and their philosophies, make me a very happy little Earth-person.
Well, in the absence of Arthur C. Clarke or Larry Niven...
Jules Verne. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth were awesome.
Jules Verne. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth were awesome.