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Which Sci-Fi Writer Are You?

Started by MedeoPlusPlus, August 31, 2004, 07:31:20 AM

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gnimbley

I put in a bunch of answers trying for "John Norman," but I got
Jerry Pournelle instead. HA!

SMFabal

Arthur C Clark



Childhood's End was a classic, but the Ender's saga has enver held my attention
SMFabal, High Pope of CoCK, PSP, CW, KSC, FP, GH, MORBJ

Q: How serious are you about this whole "Discordian" thing?
A: A blue fish Tuesday!
Q: No really, it this, like, deeply philosphical, or just a huge joke?
A: Yes.

gnimbley

Ender was written by Orson Scott Card. Clarke is okay, if you
like formualistic "big science" discovery epics.

SMFabal

::checks bookshelf:: Hmmm... so it was. That's probably why I didn't enjoy it :lol:

I only read "Childhood's End" because the Demons (?) where listed in Barlow's Guide to the Extraterrestrials. It's also where I discovered Heinlein (Venetians - Have Spacesuit, Will Travel), and ??? (Denebians - SpacePaw, Spacial Delivery). And about half a dozin other aliens (who authors/titles escape me at the moment.
SMFabal, High Pope of CoCK, PSP, CW, KSC, FP, GH, MORBJ

Q: How serious are you about this whole "Discordian" thing?
A: A blue fish Tuesday!
Q: No really, it this, like, deeply philosphical, or just a huge joke?
A: Yes.

Phantom Trollax

Like we didn't all see this one coming...  :twisted:

   David Brin
Bestselling producer of impossible-to-put-down epic adventures in a far-flung future.


Bow before the wrath of the Soro Wolfling Humans or we shall crush you.

anyone know if Baxter was an option?

gnimbley

Quote from: Phantom Trollaxanyone know if Baxter was an option?

Maybe on another time line.

Charlemagne

I wanted to be Jules Verne, or Asimov, but no, I had to go and become Clarke.


Stupid test!
Rightfully claiming the title Emperor of Scandinavia since 2003

Trollax

Quote from: gnimbley
Quote from: Phantom Trollaxanyone know if Baxter was an option?

Maybe on another time line.

maybe if I can find a wormhole camera... but these damn mammoth feet aren't good for anything...

Quote from: chalemagneI wanted to be Jules Verne, or Asimov, but no, I had to go and become Clarke.


Stupid test!



You really want to look like this? (said the bald-headed ex-NASA engineer)

Not Nurbldoff

Gnimbley: OK, looked her up a bit but it seems like none of her books are available in the library here. Now I'm curious enough that I think I'll have to find some.
Don't you have good garbage?

Rupert Giles

I'm Larry Frickin' Niven.

No I'm not.

I'm Rudy Rucker.

No, I'm not.

I'm John Brunner.

Schweinepriester G.

"...it would needlessly exclude IMPS implementations that
  may utilize sub-atomic monkeys and/or multiple universes;"
RFC 2795, section 4 (Infinite-TAG)

LMNO


namu

I'm Joe Haldemann, but the test insists that I be
QuoteHal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)
A quiet and underrated master of "hard science" fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s.
Namu the Maxwell Angel
--
United we stand, divided we run free at last !

chaosgraves:agentoferis

Quote from: chaosgraves:agentoferisJohn Brunner

His best known works are dystopias -- vivid realizations of the futures we want to avoid.



Will the real arther c. clarke please stand up?
who the hell am I please.... I have never heard of me.
Constitution?!?!? Isn't that a D&D stat.

SMFabal

Hal Clement rings a bell - Riverworld?

John Brunner also vaugely triggers a memory - I believe I once had a three in one of his novels (Hardcover, $.99 new), but I don't memeber any of it
SMFabal, High Pope of CoCK, PSP, CW, KSC, FP, GH, MORBJ

Q: How serious are you about this whole "Discordian" thing?
A: A blue fish Tuesday!
Q: No really, it this, like, deeply philosphical, or just a huge joke?
A: Yes.