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Who’s the best scifi author of all time and why is it pic related

>> No.10827564
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>> No.10827923

asimov

>> No.10827927

>>10827532
great choice.
>>10827923
worst possible choice.

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*blocks your language*

>> No.10828047

>>10827933

Lafferty is undoubtedly better than just about every sci-fi author. But is he himself a sci-fi author? I'm not convinced.
He might use sci-fi concepts to set up the zany stage he wants, but he's more of a madcap surrealist with a bit of G.K.Chesterton thrown in.

>> No.10828286

That's not Ellison

>> No.10829370

it's Frank Herbert. He changed the landscape of sci-fi forever and established nearly all of the tropes of mainstream science fiction today.

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>>10829370
>An old guy and his four prostitute secretaries meet a martian
truly a revolutionary writer

>> No.10829633

>>10827564
Yep

>> No.10829636

>>10827532
>>10827564
>>10827923
>>10827927
>>10827933
>>10828047
>>10828286
>>10829466
>>10829633
see >>10827537