Your Guide to Fiction Books and Series. Lists about novelists, poets, short story authors, journalists, essayists, and playwrights, from simple rankings to fun facts about the men and women behind the pens. His... Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American... Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an... Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. Authors This pages lists in alphabetical order all authors archived at LancerLovers and at Lancer FanFiction and lists authors archived on Archive Of Our Own (AO3), FanFiction.net (FFN) and the Women Writers Block (WWB). Forester' can be found under 'C'. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction... Jules Gabriel Verne (; French: [ʒyl vɛʁn]; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French... Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science-fiction author,... Isaac Asimov (; c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of... Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and... Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Details of the Historic Naval Fiction authors together with chronological lists of their works are available on this page from the full alphabetical index below . Browse series, pseudonyms, synopses, and sub-genres. Search over 300,000 fiction book lists. He is best... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer... Clifford Donald Simak (; August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction... Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction... Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-born writer who... Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: , US: ; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an... Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of... Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. Easily find books where you don't remember the title. This list include some highly recognizable and classic names, like Isaac Asimov and George Orwell, along with some contemporary science-fiction writers who are just beginning to make their mark on the genre. Individually, their names are Аркадий Стругацкий and Борис Стругацкий. Truth be told, some are more successful than others - it is really easy to write bad scifi. List of military science fiction works and authors, List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Instructors, List of Clarion West Writers Workshop alumni, List of Clarion West Writers Workshop instructors, List of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors, Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_science_fiction_authors&oldid=983991348, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 October 2020, at 14:19. Looking for a great book? But those who can actually pull the genre off are right here on this list of the top science-fiction authors. But those who can actually pull the genre off are right here on this list of the top science-fiction authors. Ed. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 50 Essential Historical Fiction Books. Looking for a Regency-era romance with vampires? FictionDB is committed to providing the best possible fiction reference information. World's largest fanfiction archive and forum where fanfic writers and readers around the globe gather to share their passion. This page may contain affiliate links and advertising. The best science-fiction writers are among some of the most creative writers ever. The aforementioned (brilliant) writers are responsible for some of the best science-fiction novels and series of all time - but other sci-fi writers like Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451), Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Robert Louis Stevenson (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) are excellent sci-fi writers as well. She is... Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George... Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. 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