/lit/ - Literature

>mogs every other science fiction author for all time

I am sick of sequels, prequels, trilogies, and spinoffs. Who are the best /sffg/ authors that have mostly written standalone novels? Here's my list:

* H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
* Robert L. Forward (1932-2002)
* Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
* Michael Crichton (1942-2008)
* Kim Stanley Robinson (1952-)
* Greg Egan (1961-)
* Andy Weir (1972-)

Anybody else?

He's the best of the big three by far
>inb4 moralfagging
I don't care, Rendezvous with Rama is better than anything Asimov or Heinlein ever wrote

>>18835905
>any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

>and my laws

>Bro the spaceship is like so weird bro you can’t even understand it bro it’s so enlightening bro just trust me
The Lovecraft of science fiction

Will sci-fi ever be considered 'fine litterature'

>>17025811
Yeah, I fucking hate that too, but I understand the incentives involved. The publisher wants books that are guaranteed to sell, the author doesn't want to go through the trouble of making up a new world and characters, and the fans want to read more about their favorite characters. Everyone wins... except for the artistic integrity of the work, which often goes to hell, and newcomers who don't want to get invested in a sprawling series with an original trilogy, two sequel trilogies, a prequel tetralogy, a couple of midquels, and one or two spinoffs.

So, to take this discussion in a more constructive direction, who are some good /sffg/ authors who mostly write standalone novels? I can think of H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Crichton, and Greg Egan. Anyone else?

What's his best work?

Nonce?