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Poll Question: Just curious: Which of these authors is your favorite?
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Harlan Ellison (who hears this and storms out of the forum), Greg Bear, David Brin

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Phillip K Dick for man in the high castle and Do androids dream of electric sheep, A Scanner Darkly, and Ubik


also inspired Total Recall with We can remember it for you wholesale, and inspired Minority Report

have to mention Arthur C Clarke too - 2001 saga


Terrance Dicks is great too - Dr Who novels are great


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Absolutely no mention of Tolkien in this thread? Confused

EDIT: I suppose his presence has not always been a positive influence on progressive rock...


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From the list Asimov with Herbert a close 2nd.
Quite like Silverberg,Mieville and Ballard also.


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Tough choice between Herbert, Heinlein , and Brabury. Brabury's the best pure writer. Herbert wrote the best single work of the three. Heinlein just fuses hard science, story telling, and cheesy sci-fi cliche too well so I"ll go with him. 
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I haven't read it yet, but I recently bought a book titled Hellhole that was co-written by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, who is the son of Frank Herbert.  It is supposed to be the first of a trilogy.
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

^ hmm..not a bad cast, will keep a lookout, thanks. Still think it deserves a James Cameron type Director with a huge budget Smile
I thought it was pretty good for a tv mini series.
I'm not  fan of Cameron's work...didn't care for Avatar....thought the story and  the acting  was mediocre but the film ''looked good''.
I'd rather see JJ Abrams or Peter Jackson do a version.
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Ray Bradbury for me, definitely.

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^ hmm..not a bad cast, will keep a lookout, thanks. Still think it deserves a James Cameron type Director with a huge budget Smile
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Frank Herbert.....the dark Dune series up to Chaptor House ( 6th Book)......why, oh why the film industry steer clear of this great classic, dumbfounds me. And we will disregard the horrendous Kyle McClachlan/Sting thingamabob low budget release . That was an insult to the books and cinematography......Rotten Tomatoes! Would love to see a modern four or six part film, up to God Emperor. The books were sheer genius just for the passages of princess Irulam, Bene Gesserit etc at the beginning of each chapter......in the zoneApprove Peter Jackson stay away from this!!!

I also like Ursula Le Guinn especially for Earthsea Trilogy.....almost prescient and apt for modern day culture and decline/decay. Great analogy and interpretation of the Big Sleep.
You might like this version...imho it was pretty faithful to the novel and well acted.
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Frank Herbert.....the dark Dune series up to Chaptor House ( 6th Book)......why, oh why the film industry steer clear of this great classic, dumbfounds me. And we will disregard the horrendous Kyle McClachlan/Sting thingamabob low budget release . That was an insult to the books and cinematography......Rotten Tomatoes! Would love to see a modern four or six part film, up to God Emperor. The books were sheer genius just for the passages of princess Irulam, Bene Gesserit etc at the beginning of each chapter......in the zoneApprove Peter Jackson stay away from this!!!

I also like Ursula Le Guinn especially for Earthsea Trilogy.....almost prescient and apt for modern day culture and decline/decay. Great analogy and interpretation of the Big Sleep.
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I like Kevin J. Anderson for his prog connections.  I have read the first couple of books of his Saga of the Seven Suns series and plan on continuing with them.  I also have read his X-Wing series from the Star Wars family.  I am also in the process of reading his Terra Incognita series with its tie in to the accompanying prog CDs from the Roswell Six project.
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I think my username points to who i like the most in fantasy.
 
also like Steven Eriksson
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Oh, another thread about it Embarrassed. Voted other.
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I am a serious Dickhead.  Philip K. Dick may bemy favourite author overall. I love his books, and still have some novels yet to read, as well as short stories.  I think my favourites of his are The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Dr, Bloodmoney,  and Ubik.  My second favourite on the list is Robert Heinlein -- particularly love Stranger in a Strange Land.  Have also loved lots of Vradbury and Asimov.  Two of my absolute faves are not on the list, Kurt Vonnegut and Stanislaw Lem.

Generally I like dystopian speculative fiction the most (The Road is terrific).  My favourite novel that I've read over the last year was Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (deals with cloning).  Biggest disappointment was the third part of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake trilogy that was released earlier this year.

Off-topic, but my favourite dystopian film that I've seen over the last few years was called The Bothersome Man (Norway).
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

From the list Dick and Herbert. Voted "other" - Iain M Banks and/or John T Sladek.


the realm of SF is so vast there can be no definitive list, though this one does seem to be a little americentric with omissions. Personally I'd have chosen Vonnegut, Asimov, Clarke, Wells, Verne, etc. over Rowling if only for the reason that she's not a SF author.

Never heard of Sladek!

This list is by no means intended to indicate "Best" or "best ever" just a list of writers that I've really enjoyed. I am actually quite inexperienced in this domain. And, yes, this list never intended to include fiction pre-dating WWII. Also, this thread includes "fantasy" as well as sci fi, thus the presence of Martin and Rowling.

I am not drawn much into fiction anymore, and when I was it was mostly psychological drama like that of Dostoevsky or Salinger. Pratchett, Adams, and Vonnegut could never keep me interested. The worlds and writing of Dan Simmons is the only one of recent years to really draw me in and keep me interested.

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Frank Herbert. The Dune series remains my favourite of all time...pure genius.
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Originally posted by Sheavy Sheavy wrote:

Terry Pratchett is also worth a mention.


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