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I'm supposed to be Davin Brin, but all that comes out of my cut and paste efforts is
substance of the relevant terms
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I'm supposed to be Davin Brin, but all that comes out of my cut and paste efforts is
I'm sure that means something to someone.
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I am: John Brunner
His best known works are dystopias -- vivid realizations of the futures we want to avoid.
Who the Hell is he?You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.Comment
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I am: Olaf Stapledon
Standing outside the science fiction "field", he wrote fictional explorations of the futures of whole species and galaxies.
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Originally posted by Az
Awesome
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Oohhhh... Olaf Stapledon. Good for you, Gen. Ludd. Last and First Man is awesome (though the "modern" history is waaayyyy off.)Comment
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I am: Isaac Asimov
One of the most prolific writers in history, on any imaginable subject. Cared little for art but created lasting and memorable tales.
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I am: Ursula K. LeGuin
Perhaps the most admired writing talent in the science fiction field.
Who's she?"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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Last edited by Nostromo; June 3, 2005, 20:28.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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If you aren't sure who some of these people are, you can wikipedia them or go to Amazon.com for a quick synopsis.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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"The Left Hand of Darkness" about a species which spends one month as male, one month in transition, one month as female, and back. "The Dispossessed" about an Einstein-like mathematician raised by a communist society on his planet's moon. "The Word for World is Forest" about loggers on a forest planet who tick off the locales, who are kind of a combination of monkey, leprechan and Amerindian.Originally posted by Spiffor
Ursula K. LeGuin
Who's she?
She "invented" an interstellar instant-communication device that a lot of other science fiction writers picked up on and started putting in their stories. Can't remember its name. Starts with an "A." Orson Scott Card uses it. Dang.
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Cordwainer smith is amazing, ajbera- I REALLY RECOMMEND HIM!
Hg wells for me... not surprising
I am: H.G. Wells
The first major literary talent to make himself at home in the science fiction field, greatly expanding its popularity.
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Hmm... Le Guin's communication apparatus- did the Author of Enders Game utilize the same sort of thing for his series, I think I know what you're talking about.
As for comments on LeGuin- don't read her longer pieces- "The Tombs of Atuan" was terrible. Amazingly boring. AT times it read like Lovecraft or Lin Carter, but other than that it was merely bad. I wouldn't want to inflict that piece of trash on anyone.
Her shorter works, though, are a tossup- you might find something you enjoy there.
Krill- hmm.. so far John Brunner's the only one I haven't heard of either. I guess you're just an obscure person then
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OoooooOOooh,
HG Wells
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I am: Gregory Benford
A master literary stylist who is also a working scientist.
Never heard of him.Comment
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