Which science fiction writer are you?

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<table width='90%' border=1 cellpadding=8 align='center'><tr><td width='1%'><img src='http://paulkienitz.net/quizpix/skiffy_olaf.jpg' width=200 height=200></td><td>I am:<blockquote><big><big><b>Olaf Stapledon</b></big></big></blockquote>Standing outside the science fiction "field", he wrote fictional explorations of the futures of whole species and galaxies.</td></tr></table>
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I got Olaf as well.

Hmmm. I got "H.G. Wells". Not bad, not bad...


"The first major literary talent to make himself at home in the science fiction field, greatly expanding its popularity."

If I had to freebase it, I'd say part Asimov, part Heinlein, a dash of Well, and just a pinch of Brin.

But I have a lot more reading to do.

["I can take a dildo the size of a Louisville Slugger."] WTF?!?

Good fortune,

- Icarus the Illiterate

Frank Patrick Herbert

Born In Tacoma, WA (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, dealt with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, and power, and is widely considered to be among the classics in the field of science fiction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert

E.E. "Doc" Smith
The inventor of space opera. His purple space war tales remain well-read generations later.

Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)
A quiet and underrated master of "hard science" fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s.


Althought I have to admit.. he wouldn't have been my choice... but oh well...

William Gibson

The chief instigator of the "cyberpunk" wave of the 1980s, his razzle-dazzle futuristic intrigues were, for a while, the most imitated work in science fiction.


I'm surprised. I really enjoyed Neuromancer, but haven't gotten 'round to any of his other stuff.

Arthur C. Clarke
Well known for nonfiction science writing and for early promotion of the effort toward space travel, his fiction was often grand and visionary

At least I didn't get L. Ron Hubbard.

(he was a science fiction writer, too)

Tim

William Gibson
The chief instigator of the "cyberpunk" wave of the 1980s, his razzle-dazzle futuristic intrigues were, for a while, the most imitated work in science fiction.


William Gibson, nice ! I was hoping rather for Frank Herbert, but there ya go....

William Gibson
The chief instigator of the "cyberpunk" wave of the 1980s, his razzle-dazzle futuristic intrigues were, for a while, the most imitated work in science fiction.

William Gibson? Who the heck is William Gibson? I too wanted to get Frank Herbert. (The fact that I do not know who William Gibson is is a sign that I need to read more science fiction.)

You are:


Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)
A quiet and underrated master of "hard science" fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s.

You are:



E.E. "Doc" Smith

The inventor of space opera. His space war tales remain well-read generations later.