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01-10-2008, 09:15 PM
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Ink Slinger
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How about Jules Vern? I've only read condensed versions of his stuff when I was younger, but it seems like the amount of classic stories he's introduced into our culture puts him up there.
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01-10-2008, 09:38 PM
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Jules Vern was among one of the first true sci fi authors. I've never really read any of his work myself but he's definetly an important SF author.
My Top Ten Sci Fi Works
1. Stranger in a Strange Land
2. Dune
3. Starship Troopers
4. Ender's Game
5. I, Robot
6. Revolt in 2100
7. Neuromancer
8. Orphans of the Sky
9. The Man Who Sold the Moon
10. Men Like Gods
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01-10-2008, 11:57 PM
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Found this site which has some good J. Vern ebooks to read if anyone is interested.
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01-11-2008, 12:23 AM
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Wordsmith
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None of these guys are in the league of William Gibson as a writer.
And he's been extremely influential as well. What he's doing now is continuing to blend off into regular fiction, blurring the line down to "five minutes in the future".
He's a master prose stylist measured by writers in any genre.
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01-11-2008, 12:51 AM
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lin: Just googled Gibson and read some excerpts from his works. You're right, he's really pushing modern language. Great stuff. Some of style reminded me of Easton-Ellis' style, which is about the highest compliment I can pay a fellow writer. Wonderful stuff. I'll have to try to find more of his stuff.
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01-11-2008, 01:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lin
None of these guys are in the league of William Gibson as a writer.
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I don't think any writer is in the league of William Gibson. I don't consider him a Sci-Fi writer at all. I consider him the God of Language. He is immortal, above such petty titles.
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01-11-2008, 02:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lin
None of these guys are in the league of William Gibson as a writer.
And he's been extremely influential as well. What he's doing now is continuing to blend off into regular fiction, blurring the line down to "five minutes in the future".
He's a master prose stylist measured by writers in any genre.
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I can't believe I forgot about Gibson, I was totally obsessed with him in high school. Now I must go punish myself for the unforgivable mistake. Be right back.
Some of his later books (especially Idoru) is far from the greatness of his earlier ones though. |
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