Favourite Science Fiction Writer

[jungle11 (Greg)]

I thought this could be interesting - I've read it avidly for years.

My favourite is proberly Steven Baxter - the characters were a little thinly painted, but the ideas and concepts - WOW! And every now and then, something you've read in one of these books becomes reality, I love to imagine what we might be capable of in another thousand years

cheers

Jungle11

[DJDD]

robert heinlein
arthur c. clarke
E.E. 'doc' smith


contemporary authors? all that pseudo-scientific stuff they raise, and popularising/generalising all of those topics Alex (xelasnave) has raised on IIS. bah!

give me space operas, big space battles and frightening aliens trying to suck out our eyeballs for soup any day!



actually, i quite like David Brin novels, too.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

The list looks good so far but I'd add a current and classic respectively...Orson Scott Card and of course Frank Herbert

[TrevorW]

Peter Hamilton (Naked God, Neutronium Alchemist etc)
Frank Herbert (Dune)
Asimov (Foundation, I Robot)
EE Doc Smith (Lensmen, Skylark series)
David Brin (Star Tide Rising)
Orson Scott Card (Enders Game)
Arthur C Clarke (2001, 2010 etc)
David Wingrove (Chung Kou)
David Weber (In death ground)

to name a few I've read re read over the last year all great currently reading "Saga of the Seven Suns", Kevin Anderson

[vash (Ashley)]

Douglas Adams

[xelasnave]

Issac Asimov
alex

[StarScream]

Time - Stephen Baxter
The Dark Beyond the Stars - Frank M Robinson

[jungle11 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

to name a few I've read over the year all great currently reading "Saga of the Seven Suns", Kevin Anderson

Hey that's quite a list Trevor, very nice indeed. I only found Peter F Hamilton a couple of months ago, and he's great, one of the best i've read for the pure fun of it.
I also started on 'Saga' this year - brought all seven cause i liked the cover art! Dumb, i know, but its pretty good. But there's a big hole in the story.
We use the Klikiss Torch, but the whole story, in the first few books, centres around our lack of etki for our stardrives. Who needs etki when you've got portals big enough to move entire stars?

[jungle11 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by StarScream

Time - Stephen Baxter

Yes! Thats what i mean, his ideas just blow you away.

[TrevorW]

Originally Posted by jungle11

Hey that's quite a list Trevor, very nice indeed. I only found Peter F Hamilton a couple of months ago, and he's great, one of the best i've read for the pure fun of it.
I also started on 'Saga' this year - brought all seven cause i liked the cover art! Dumb, i know, but its pretty good. But there's a big hole in the story.
We use the Klikiss Torch, but the whole story, in the first few books, centres around our lack of etki for our stardrives. Who needs etki when you've got portals big enough to move entire stars?

Actually I thought they move neutron stars to get the extra mass needed to ignite gas gaints although the story quickly moves on from the use of the Klikiss Torches. It is plausible that the forces needed to move neutron stars would tear apart spaceships or they couldn't reverse engineer it for transportal use

[jungle11 (Greg)]

That'll do!

[Jen]

I dont read as much as i should when it comes to books but i am a big Steven King fan

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Issac Asimov
alex

Thats who got me hooked on SF as a kid.
Probably read all his stories several times over the years.

Bill

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Hi

I'm going to include Science Fantasy as well, the line is blurred anyway -

- Jack Vance, way in front. He has 3 distinct genres in his writing, all terrific. I've collected all his titles I can find. Give him a try.

- Dan Simmons, mainly the Hyperion Cantos

- Iain M Banks

- Kevin J anderson

- and Gavin Menzies

Cheers

[AussieSky (Greg)]

Niven and Pournelle

[Dog Star (Phil)]

Harlan Ellison
Ray Bradbury
Theodore Sturgeon
Philip Jose Farmer
These are probably my favourites but I've certainly got nothing against the authors mentioned so far.
Hmm. Better mention Robert Silverberg too.
PS - If fantasy counts then I want to throw in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Donaldson as well.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

What a great list...I think I've read most of them!

[TrevorW]

Sargan
Ben Bova
Gordon R Dickinson
Harry Turtledove
Roger Zelaney
Harrison
Harbinson
HG Wells
Whydam
George Orwell

[gman (Grant)]

Have many sci fi books and authors to match but my favourite book is called "When Gravity Fails" by George Alec Effinger

[JohnH]

Oh no way I can stick to just one so

George Orwell
HG Wells
Michael Crichton
Phillip K Dick
EE Doc Smith
Arthur C Clarke
Ben Bova
James Blish
Ian M Banks
Frank Herbert