Who are the most famous sinners in history?
Books: ‘Foundation’ (1951); ‘I, Robot’ (1950); ‘Foundation and Empire’ (1952); ‘The Caves of Steel’ (1953); ‘Nemesis’ (1989)
Books: ‘The Martian Chronicles’ (1950); ‘The Illustrated Man’ (1951); ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ (1962).
Books: ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ (1969); ‘Breakfast of Champions’ (1973); ‘Cat’s Cradle’ (1963); ‘The Sirens of Titan’ (1959).
Books: ‘It’ (1986); ‘Carrie’ (1974); ‘The Green Mile’ (1996); ‘Cujo’ (1981).
Books: ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’ (1968); ‘The Dispossessed’ (1974); ‘The Tombs of Atuan’ (1970); ‘The Lathe of Heaven’ (1971).
Books: ‘The Broken Sword’ (1954); ‘Tau Zero’ (1970); ‘Three Hearts and Three Lions’ (1961); ‘The High Crusade’ (1960).
Books: ‘Jurassic Park’ (1990); ‘The Andromeda Strain’ (1969); ‘The Lost World (1995); ‘The Great Train Robbery (1975).
Quote: “A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.” - ‘Acorna: The Unicorn Girl’ (1997).
Books: ‘Dragonflight’ (1968); ‘Dragonquest’ (1971); ‘The White Dragon’ (1978); ‘Dragonsong’ (1976).
Quote: “When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.” - ‘Fledgling’ (2005).
Books: ‘Kindred’ (1979); ‘Parable of the Sower’ (1993); ‘Parable of the Talents’ (1998); ‘Wild Seed’ (1980).
Quote: “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.” - ‘Snow Crash’ (1992).
Books: ‘Cryptonomicon’ (1999); ‘The Diamond Age’ (1995); ‘Seveneves’ (2015); ‘Anathem’ (2008).
Quote: “In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.” - ‘Ender’s Game’ (1985).
Books: ‘Speaker for the Dead’ (1986); ‘Ender's Shadow’ (1999); ‘Seventh Son’ (1987).
Quote: “Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled.” - ‘Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled’ (1968).
Books: ‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ (1967); ‘Dangerous Visions’ (1967); ‘"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman’ (1965); ‘Deathbird Stories’ (1975).
Quote: “I'm an urban New Yorker to the last molecule.” - ‘Dying Inside’ (1972).
Books: ‘Lord Valentine's Castle’ (1980); ‘The Book of Skulls’ (1972); ‘Nightwings’ (1968); ‘A Time of Changes’ (1971).
Quote: “It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” - ‘The Postman’ (1985).
Books: ‘Startide Rising’ (1983); ‘The Uplift War’ (1987); ‘Sundiver’ (1980); ‘The Transparent Society’ (1998).
Quote: “They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind.” - ‘Gateway’ (1977).
Books: ‘The Space Merchants’ (1953); ‘Man Plus’ (1976); ‘Beyond the Blue Event Horizon’ (1980); ‘Heechee Rendezvous’ (1984).
Quote: “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” - ‘Neuromancer’ (1984).
Books: ‘Pattern Recognition’ (2003); ‘The Peripheral’ (2004); ‘Zero History’ (2010).
Quote: “The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.” - ‘Ringworld’ (1970).
Books: ‘The Mote in God's Eye’ (1974); ‘Lucifer's Hammer’ (1977); ‘The Ringworld Engineers’ (1979).
Quote: “It was a pain in the a** waiting around for someone to try to kill you.’ - ‘Trumps of Doom’ (1985).
Books: ‘Lord of Light’ (1967); ‘Nine Princes in Amber’ (1970); ‘Jack of Shadows’ (1971); ‘...And Call Me Conrad’ (1965).
Quote: “That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” - ‘The Nameless City’ (1921).
Books: ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ (1928); ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ (1936); ‘The Shadow over Innsmouth’ (1936); ‘The Dunwich Horror’ (1929).
Quote: “Specialization is for insects.” - ‘Time Enough for Love’ (1973).
Books: ‘Starship Troopers’ (1959); ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ (1961); ‘Citizen of the Galaxy’ (1957); ‘The Moon is a Harsh Mistress’ (1966).
Quote: “It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.” - ‘Hyperion’ (1989).
Books: ‘The Terror’ (2007); ‘Carrion Comfort’ (1989); ‘Endymion’ (1996); ‘Summer of Night’ (1991).
Quote: “That's libertarians for you — anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.” - ‘Green Mars’ (1993).
Books: ‘2312’ (2012); ‘Red Mars’ (1992); ‘Aurora ‘ (2015); ‘New York 2140’ (2017).
Quote: “I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.” - ‘Rhialto the Marvellous’ (1984).
Books: ‘Cugel's Saga’ (1983); ‘The Eyes of the Overworld’ (1966); ‘The Last Castle’ (1966); ‘The Green Pearl’ (1985).
Quote: “The fortune of the man who sits also sits.” - ‘To Your Scattered Bodies Go’ (1971).
Books: ‘Riverworld’ (1971); ‘Venus on the Half-Shell’ (1975); ‘The Dark Design’ (1977); ‘The Fabulous Riverboat’ (1971).
Science fiction is a fantastical genre that deals with matters of the future. Sci-fi writers have unique imaginations that allow them to create new worlds with technology and scientific advancements beyond what exists during their lifetime, and how society would evolve around these inventions. Themes such as space travel, extraterrestrials, time travel, and parallel universes are key to this genre of speculative fiction, but there truly are no limits, as these authors have proven.
Sci-fi as we know it is a relatively recent genre, emerging through the 20th century. Many of the earliest writers to champion sci-fi were seen as oddballs, but today, we see them as visionaries.
Click through the gallery for a list of the most influential sci-fi writers to come out of the US.
The most influential American sci-fi writers
Sci-fi as we know it is a relatively recent genre, emerging through the 20th century
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Science fiction is a fantastical genre that deals with matters of the future. Sci-fi writers have unique imaginations that allow them to create new worlds with technology and scientific advancements beyond what exists during their lifetime, and how society would evolve around these inventions. Themes such as space travel, extraterrestrials, time travel, and parallel universes are key to this genre of speculative fiction, but there truly are no limits, as these authors have proven.
Sci-fi as we know it is a relatively recent genre, emerging through the 20th century. Many of the earliest writers to champion sci-fi were seen as oddballs, but today, we see them as visionaries.
Click through the gallery for a list of the most influential sci-fi writers to come out of the US.