Features Reviews Articles Editorials Poetry Fiction Submissions Guidelines How To Online Help Contact Community Discussion Writing Forums Workshops Register Log In About ARWZ Subscribe Suppport ARWZ Advertise Author Q&A; Bookstore For Authors & Publishers Register | Log in | FAQ | Search | Memberlist | Usergroups Profile | Log in to check your private messages | Blogs | ARWZ Forum Index     > Alternative Reality Caf�   View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message SKS Senior Editor Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 29 Top Ten Speculative Fiction Authors of All Time Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:09 pm The membership of ARWZ voted on this one back in August 2001, so it is admittedly dated and weighted toward the interests of our visitors at the time. What are your thoughts? What did we get right? What did we get wrong? 1. J R R Tolkien 2. Isaac Asimov 3. J K Rowling 4. Robert A Heinlein 4. George R R Martin 4. Terry Goodkind 7. Robert Jordan 8. C S Lewis 9. Arthur C Clarke 9. Terry Pratchett And just in case you're curious: 11. Ray Bradbury 12. Roger Zelazny 13. Stephen King 13. Frank Herbert 15. Douglas Adams 16. David Eddings 16. Brian Jacques 18. Ursula K Le Guin 18. C S Freidman 20. Piers Anthony _________________ S.K. Slevinski Senior Editor Alternative Reality Web Zine A Literary Magazine for Alternative Reality Fiction Back to top Golophin Moderator Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 238 Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:52 pm Well my personal top ten would probably include Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe. Back to top Violanthe Webmaster Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 5903 Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:35 pm Looking back I'm surprised that Gene Wolf didn't make the list. _________________ Violet "Violanthe" Kane [email protected] ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction Back to top ecgordon Regular Member Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Waco, Texas Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 9:23 pm Wolfe definitely makes my list, and the others in my Top 10 would include (purely alphabetical): Brian W. Aldiss Alfred Bester Ray Bradbury Arthur C. Clarke Philip K. Dick Harlan Ellison Robert A. Heinlein Theodore Sturgeon J. R. R. Tolkien And here's another ten honorable mentions: Philip Jos� Farmer David Gerrold Ursula K. LeGuin Stanislaw Lem Frederik Pohl Robert Silverberg Cordwainer Smith Olaf Stapledon James Tiptree Jr. John Varley _________________ "A room without books is like a body without a soul." - Marcus Tulius Cicero Back to top Violanthe Webmaster Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 5903 Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:28 pm I hope we can do another author list soon. Maybe someday when I have more time to devote to the magazine, and the number of voters increase, we can do the lists more often. _________________ Violet "Violanthe" Kane [email protected] ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First      All times are GMT - 4 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Discussion----------------Alternative Reality Caf�Writers' Zone Workshop----------------Workshop FAQ & RulesWorkshopSubmissionsWriting Exercises and Scene Starters ----------------The Marketplace Resources----------------FAQ & Online HelpLinks & Online ResourcesResearch Q&A;ARWZ Approved!  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You can vote in polls in this forum Alternative Reality Web Zine: ISSN# 1559-3037 All materials on these pages (including fiction, poetry, essays, articles, interviews and opinion pieces) are copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. View Page Stats   Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group