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Who are the Tolkien/George RR Martin of sci-fi?

>> No.22668022

>>22667818
Heinlein/Dick/Herbert.

>> No.22668042

>>22668022
For more recent, yes.
Classics would be Verne, Wells, Conan Doyle maybe Asimov

>> No.22668584

>>22667818
Stanislaw Lem is pretty dope, Solaris is one of my favorite books.

>> No.22668624

>>22668022
>>22668042
Liu Cixin/Wang Jinkang/Han Song

>> No.22669142

>>22667818
Lem/Watts

>> No.22669205

>>22667818
>Oh, yeah. That happened: The movie

>> No.22669492

>>22667818
Tolkein would be Asimov. Foundation beat Lord of the Rings for greatest series of all time.
G R R Martin? I dunno any fat lazy scifi writers.

>> No.22669623

>>22669492
>G R R Martin? I dunno any fat lazy scifi writers.
GRR Martin

>> No.22669644

Greg Egan is Tolkien for sure, coming up with complicated physics models first then figure out a story to be told in those strange worlds

>> No.22669681

>>22669492
Unironically George Lucas