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Hats off to Michael Crichton: 1942 - 2008
shardian:
--- Quote from: Ummon on November 12, 2008, 09:05:28 pm ---The mainstream writer's audience is the person who buys books at the grocery store book isle. This audience generally doesn't appreciate (even in concept) history, literature, and science from even a quasi-technical perspective. Essentially, fantasy is what this audience enjoys, and hence they generally know very little to nothing of true science fiction (or, more appropriately, SF).
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When it comes to true Sci-Fi, there is Isaac Asimov and there is 'the rest'.
Level42:
--- Quote from: shardian on November 13, 2008, 08:16:10 am ---
--- Quote from: Ummon on November 12, 2008, 09:05:28 pm ---The mainstream writer's audience is the person who buys books at the grocery store book isle. This audience generally doesn't appreciate (even in concept) history, literature, and science from even a quasi-technical perspective. Essentially, fantasy is what this audience enjoys, and hence they generally know very little to nothing of true science fiction (or, more appropriately, SF).
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When it comes to true Sci-Fi, there is Isaac Asimov and there is 'the rest'.
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Mmmm, how about Jules Vernes, H.G. Wells and Dan Simmons ?
Simmons' Hyperion Cantos are the best books I've read. Makes LOTR a book for children....
But yes, Asimov is in a league of his own...
patrickl:
As far as Sci-Fi writers go, how about Robert Heinlein, Arthur C Clarke, Frank Herbert and Philip Dick? I guess Douglas Adams doesn't count, but still.
HaRuMaN:
Not to mention Piers Anthony...
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 13, 2008, 05:14:24 pm ---Asimov? Ugh. Got caught up in his own cult of genius far too early.
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Where do you get this ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---? You act like you have written a doctoral thesis on his works or something. The guy was writing technically accurate Sci-Fi when your parents weren't even born. I just can't believe you make posts like this and then have the nerve to get on Chad's case for being 'all-knowing'.
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