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22687761 No.22687761 [Reply] [Original]

>mogs every other science fiction author for all time

>> No.22687764

>>22687761
is that Olaf Stapledon?

>> No.22687767

>>22687761
wasnt he a pedo

>> No.22687770

>>22687767
And how is that relevant?

>> No.22687778

>>22687767
No.

>> No.22687781

just bought a collection of every single short story of his, literally all of them are kino. how did he do it

>> No.22687884
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22687884

>>22687761
Average prose, but top-tier concepts.

>> No.22687915
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22687915

>eleven hugos
>seven nebula
>still alive and writing

Not that she's had much competition these last few decades

>> No.22688043

>>22687767
ephebophile

>> No.22688127

>>22687761
I have to reread 2001 but I wasn’t too impressed by it iirc.

>> No.22689008

Is that Isaac Asimov?

>> No.22689013

>It is a bitter thought, but you must face it. The planets you may one day possess. But the stars are not for man.

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>>22687778
lol

>> No.22689121

>>22688043
same thing. The only people who think that it isn't are pedophiles who are trying to create new terminology so that they can be pedos in public. gas yourself

>> No.22689167

>>22687761
Thats not Heinlein.

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>>22687761
>blocks your path
>mogs your prose effortlessly
>obliterates you by showing only a fraction of his IQ
Nothing personnel, angloid

>> No.22689184

>>22687770
Answer the question, chime

>> No.22689196

>>22689184
chomo*

>> No.22689204

You guys need to stop assuming I know what any of these fags look like irl

>> No.22689209

>>22689178
Based Lem fan. Where do I go after reading Solaris and The Cyberiad?

>> No.22689475

>>22689178
>writes like one book anyone cares about
vs
>invents satellites
>radar operator
>undersea explorer
>wrote the best sci fi movie of all time
>successfully predicts all modern technology
nothing personel kid