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Poll Question: Pick your favorite sci fi writer, will you?
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William Gibson should probably be on there ... 

I voted for K. Dick; although I consider Bradbury and plenty of others better writers, no one touches Philip on his electrifying vision for what's to come. 


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voted other: Karel Capek. This czech author wrote in many genres, but most notable are his hilarious dystopian novels and plays, among them:
- R.U.R. : the first time that the word 'robot' is used for an artificial person. It's about the conflict between human beings and the so-called robots.
- The Absolute at Large (better translated as: The Factory of Absolute): a machine converts matter into energy, and sets free as a by-product the so-called absolute, which is a kind of spiritual essence. This 'absolute' in the air causes a sudden outburst of spiritual power in the humans, which eventually leads to a catastrophe.
- Krakatit: a scientist, who invents an enormous explosive, gets into a conflict, because his invention can be used peacefully for power plants, or for weapons
- War with the Newts: another intelligent civilization is discovered on earth, the newts. They are technically not so far developed than the humans. How will the human society react to them? It ends in a total disaster.
 
(Oh, I just noticed, you did not include any of the dystopian authors (Orwell, Huxley, Zamjatin, etc.), so probably this is nothing for you and you can forget my post. Embarrassed But on the other hand, if you like Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, it is not too far fetched to suggest these. )


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Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:



I'm glad to see Harlan Ellison and Harry Harrison, Williamson and Jose Farmer on the list!Clap Although Ellison is in poll twice.


 


Ups, didn´t notice. I just changed it with Stanislaw Lem.

By the way, today I bought the first book of Gene Wolf´s The book of the long sun. Look´s like a good reading.
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Originally posted by Kotro Kotro wrote:

Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

I'm going with the originator of the genre, Jules Verne.  Grew up reading his work but then, who didn't?

 
Hardly the "originator", but a damn good author nevertheless. Absent from the poll is Clifford D. Simak, whom I enjoy quite a bit.
 


Oh Simak...'Way Station' is great...and, I ashamed to say, 'City' is still on my wishlist.

Speaking of Verne, I'm angry like hell...in this crappy country, 'Paris in the 20th Century' is not yet translated.Angry
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It's not Clark, it's Clarke, damn!!! LOL

Too many good writers here. And too many not mentioned.

I'll give my vote to Frederik Pohl this time (for 'Gateway' but also for brilliant and not-so-well know 'Man Plus') . Although I would vote differently tomorrow.

Honorary mention to always fascinating Heinlein and Silverberg.

I'm glad to see Harlan Ellison and Harry Harrison, Williamson and Jose Farmer on the list!Clap Although Ellison is in poll twice.

I'm disappointed there's no Stanislaw Lem!! And William Gibson and Frederic Brown (Heart) and Lester del Rey and Walter M Miller Jr. and Somtow Suchartikul and John Varley (Heart) and...damn, where are Europeans? Wyndham, Tevis, Strugatsky brothers, Olaf Stapledon, Alain Doremieux, Roberto Vacca, where are female writers (LeGuin, Octavia Butler, Olga Larionova)...and...



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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

I'm going with the originator of the genre, Jules Verne.  Grew up reading his work but then, who didn't?

 
Hardly the "originator", but a damn good author nevertheless. Absent from the poll is Clifford D. Simak, whom I enjoy quite a bit.
 
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I'm going with the originator of the genre, Jules Verne.  Grew up reading his work but then, who didn't?


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I think Jack Vance is very good.
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Some good SF writers here. I like alot of them but Asimov, Clarke and Card I probably favour.
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Currently smitten by Iain M Banks, though the space opera's of Peter F. Hamilton are equally as enjoyable. (Then I've found most of the authors listed enjoyable in some way over the years). Michael Marshall Smith is also a good read, though he's only written 4 SciFi books so far, and the Fall Revolution Series by Ken MacLeod is worth a squint.
 
 
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 11:25
Geekiest poll ever? ...maybe!

I´m not an expert on the genre, at least not the literary one (for I know quite a bit about sci fi movies), and I´m fairly new to it, but I´m becoming a huge fan. So far my favorites are Clark and Adams.

What about you? Oh, and please do discuss


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