Science Fiction

Moe Shinola

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38. My list, FTM...

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 09:49 PM

Jul 2012

Philip K. Dick
Len Deighton
Robert Anton Wilson
Thomas Harris
John Keel
Clifford Simak
Larry Niven
F. Paul Wilson
Charles Stross
Jane Lindskold
Fred Saberhagen
Patricia McKillip
Octavia Butler

I know I'm forgetting somebodys by the dozen.

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Let's get the ball rolling. Who are your favorite authors? [View all] FloridaJudy Dec 2011 OP

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Sorry. I was in the wrong group. Little Star Dec 2011 #2

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I love Tepper! FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #4

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And "The Companions" FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #6

Indeed. Rather than "just" being feminist, or rather women are downtrodden, uppityperson Dec 2011 #22

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Family Tree had SO many puns in it uppityperson Dec 2011 #11

It also has one of my favorite sig lines: FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #14

Did you get the armikafatidi? uppityperson Dec 2011 #15

Hard to figure them out FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #18

To not spoil it for others, sent you a message. uppityperson Dec 2011 #19

enarae uppityperson Dec 2011 #20

Tepper's latest is 'Fish Tails' OxQQme Mar 2016 #57

I am just finishing up "The Scar." Dr. Strange Dec 2011 #7

Loved "The Scar" FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #8

I liked some of F Paul Wilson but am tired of the dragging on uppityperson Dec 2011 #12

I have embarrassingly few Sci-Fi authors krispos42 Dec 2011 #9

Iain M. Banks, Greg Egan, Ian McDonald, Nancy Kress... petronius Dec 2011 #10

Old school: Heinlein lazarus Dec 2011 #13

George Bernard Shaw said of HG Wells Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2013 #48

There are some authors I read in my earlier days that I can't stand to re-read now ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2016 #58

R A Lafferty, Jack Vance, Clark Ashton Smith, Keith Laumer.......... dimbear Dec 2011 #16

Most of mine have been mentioned so far, but I just wanted to add Octavia Butler. n/t iris27 Dec 2011 #17

The only reason she didn't make my original cut FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #21

OMG, I didn't know she died, what happened to her? Odin2005 Aug 2012 #42

Thinking about Ms. Butler always depresses me. Codeine Dec 2011 #28

Kim Stanley Robinson JitterbugPerfume Dec 2011 #24

Yes! bemildred Apr 2012 #33

And we finally get Adams DiverDave Dec 2012 #44

David Brin, Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, Dan Simmons GodlessBiker Dec 2011 #25

Old and new... TygrBright Dec 2011 #26

My favorites, living and deceased. Heinlein at #1. The rest: Abin Sur Dec 2011 #27

John Scalzi!! GaYellowDawg Jan 2012 #29

Agreed on Scalzi...and his second book "The Ghost Brigades" is at least as good....n/t Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #35

It you love Haldeman you at least like Varley cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #30

Ben Bova & Scott Westerfeld write great books ShadowLiberal Feb 2012 #31

Arthur C. Clarke! lastlib Apr 2012 #32

David Brin, Neil Stephenson, Dan Simmons... semillama Apr 2012 #34

My faves off the top of my head Onceuponalife Apr 2012 #36

Jack L Chalker - Midnight at the Well of Souls was a classic brislington Apr 2012 #37

My list, FTM... Moe Shinola Jul 2012 #38

WHAT?! Neoma Jul 2012 #39

Good topic eninn Aug 2012 #40

Clarke, Asimov, Heinlein, Fred Pohl, Poul Anderson, KSR... Odin2005 Aug 2012 #41

I can't believe no one has yet mentioned SheilaT Aug 2012 #43

I'm a fossil, I guess. ChazInAz Dec 2012 #45

hmm, probably a generational thing? Ubik May 2013 #52

I'll list a few theKed Dec 2012 #46

Samuel K. Delaney (sci-fi), Tim Powers (fantasy). McCamy Taylor Mar 2013 #47

Love Delaney Madam Mossfern Feb 2014 #55

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I'll never remember all, but wet.hen88 Apr 2013 #50

I'm shocked that this old thread has 50 replies and no one mentioned Roger Zelazny! FSogol May 2013 #51

Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Edgar Allen Poe. n/t RebelOne May 2013 #53

Gene Wolfe!! lebaronangie Jul 2013 #54

Kim Stanley Robinson SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #56

Not a single mention of Alistair Reynolds ??!? Oh, the shame of it ! eppur_se_muova Nov 2016 #59

Great lists here. Have to add Theodore Sturgeon. Lots of talent in this field. Midnight Writer Mar 2017 #60

Too many to recall. warmfeet Apr 2017 #61