Inevitably

[coalescent]

Which SF author are you?

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.

That'll do.

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[brassyn.livejournal.com]

i have to be picky and state that the quiz doesn't actually say SF, it says SCIENCE FICTION.

anyhoo....
Samuel R. Delany

Few have had such broad commercial success with aggressively experimental prose techniques.


so tell me informed people, what's he all about then?

[hawleygriffen.livejournal.com]

'Stanislav Lem

This pessimistic Pole has spent a whole career telling ironic stories of futility and frustration. Yet he is also a master of wordplay so witty that it sparkles even when translated into English.'

Waaaah, I'm a pessimist! My life is ovvveerrr!

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

[oxfordslacker.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

You are:

Kurt Vonnegut

For years, this unique creator of absurd and haunting tales denied that he had anything to do with science fiction.

I'm the writer of 'Cat's Cradle', which is pretty close to being one of my favouritest books ever. Peachy keen.

Plus he's a guru on the in-joke-tastic True Meaning Of Life. See?

[pikelet.livejournal.com]

Jerry Pournelle
This old-fashioned writer may be the most unapologetic capitalist in the field. He has also been influential in many other areas, from space policy to the home computer industry.


'Oo?

[mattia.livejournal.com]

Apparently I'm Isaac Asimov. Go figure. Maybe I should actually read some of it..

Isaac Asimov
One of the most prolific writers in history, on any imaginable subject. Cared little for art but created lasting and memorable tales.

Um..whatever. Slight change (on one question I couldn't quite seem to decide on) and I end up with

Philip K. Dick.
The brilliant yet trashy master of the reality warp always left you unsure of what was real, but never forgot compassion.

[malenfant.livejournal.com]

He has a magnificent beard. And has written a lot of clever SF about racial issues.

[malenfant.livejournal.com]

But on the upside, you're witty. Allegedly.

[malenfant.livejournal.com]

'unapologetic capitalist' = code for 'facist bastard.' :-)

[malenfant.livejournal.com]

I was nearly Asimov. One answer different. I think in your case, Dick is more accurate...

And if you've never read any Asmiov, here's your reading list:

- Foundation
- Foundation and Empire
- Second Foundation
- I, Robot
- The Caves Of Steel
- Nightfall (the short story, not the novel)
- The Gods Themselves

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

I am Octavia E Butler. I've never heard of her.

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[mattia.livejournal.com]

I think in your case, Dick is more accurate...

Assure me this is not just some very disturbing punning, would you? Please?

[reading list]

Curse you, Harrison! CURSE YOU!!! Or possibly, thanks. I can't seem to decide...

*glances at pile 'o' 14 unread books*

Hmmm....

*scribbles titles on his 'books to buy' list.....*sigh*...ah well...*

;-)

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[hawleygriffen.livejournal.com]

8/10 online quizzes agree.

woo hoo!

[cleanskies.livejournal.com]

You are:

James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice B. Sheldon)
In the 1970s she was perhaps the most memorable, and one of the most popular, short story writers.

I couldn't have asked for a better result. What a great quiz. And accurate spelling, too!

Re: woo hoo!

[malenfant.livejournal.com]

Is she the one that wrote 'The Women That Men Don't See', or am I imagining things?

If so, yes, she's great.

Re: woo hoo!

[cleanskies.livejournal.com]

Yes she is. And yes she did. Most of her stuff is out of print now, but I ordered up lots of it from the Bodleian for a library paper about womens' fantasy writing (which I was advised against doing...)

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Don't bother with I, Robot.

From Book a minute

"I, Robot
By Isaac Asimov
Ultra-Condensed by Geoffrey Brent

Isaac Asimov
Here's a logic puzzle thinly disguised as a story.

Reader
Hurray!

THE END"

And don't be tempted to read any more Foundation than Niall outlined. Really.

[malenfant.livejournal.com]

Here's a logic puzzle thinly disguised as a story.

And there's nowt wrong with that.

And don't be tempted to read any more Foundation than Niall outlined. Really.

I think Forward The Foundation has its merits. But yeah, the later Foundation books aren't as good as the initial three, mostly because he's trying to reconcile the Robot and Foundation stories into one unholy, uh, whole.

That said, if you do end up reading them, go the whole hog and read the Benford/Bear/Brin trilogy of spinoffs. The Brin one in particular actually does a fair job of making the whole thing make sense...

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Here's a logic puzzle thinly disguised as a story.

And there's nowt wrong with that.

Yes there is. Moreso when it's an entire book of them.