Who's the greatest writer of science fiction literature?

1Q84 counts, right?

Murakami. Otherwise, Gibson. I was going to say Verne, but then I noticed I was just being pretentious.

Neuromancer sucks, why do people like it?

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Lem
it's clearly Lem

It doesn't. It was groundbreaking.

And even if Neuromancer doesn't suck, the other two Sprawls are even better, and Gibson's other two trilogies are better than Sprawl.

His non-fiction is the best though.

I find the idea of planet Solaris incredibly original and intelligent.

This question can't be answered, you have to break it down like For me, the best ideas person is Philip K Dick. But he is not a good prose stylist like Ray Bradbury or Theodore Sturgeon.

Gene Wolfe is profound, and literary. But his forbidding nature rules against him somewhat.

Also some writers excel in the short story form and fare less well as novelists. E.g. Harlan Ellison, Sturgeon.

Robert Silverberg is interesting. He is consistently a good ideas man, and prose writer, and good in the long and short form. He has written a lot of books that I enjoy. However, there is no single outstanding novel, like a Flowers For Algernon.

It only sucks in comparison to Snow Crash.

Philly Kin D.

You, sir, should be given some kind of medal for going above and beyond. Mayhaps next time you give an honorable mention to starship troopers for a combination of everything you mentioned. Good work though

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For 'literature' in the narrow sense, it's Stanisław Lem

Alfie Bester is the bestest sci fi writer of all time, because Stanislaw Lem is boring as fuck

Gene Wolfe and by far, one of the most brilliant authors of the century.
But there are other great writers, such as Lem, Dick, Zelazny, Le Guin, R. A. Laffery.
Snow Crash sucks too, but less than Neuromancer.
Both read amateurish, with bland characters and offer an aesthetic, but only the aesthetic.

I've still many authors to know, but for now Clarke is the author that amazes me more, even thought I didn't like much 2061 and 3001. Also I've to say that although my favorite sci fi author is Clarke the saga that I've appreciated more is the Hyperion one by Simmons.
I found it really interesting and innovative in its themes.

Does the Illuminatus trilogy counts as science fiction?

I think Foundation and Empire is best science fiction

I agree with Silverberg, I always read him whenever I get the chance to, but it's like his works never quite hit the mark. Thoroughly good attempts though.

Schwartz Between the Galaxies is always the one I remember when someone mentions him.

hg wells

Peter Watts. I've yet to find a sci-fi book better than Blindsight.

Mary Shelly, dammit!

STFU faggot

Asimov is shit

>muh nuclear

Ron Hubbard

Huxley in a brave new world

>le ebin counterculture snowflake

Cyberpunk in general was also 'punk' from a literary point of view and thus revitalized SF

wew lads, no one actually listed the best yet

My favorite part of it was the description of Villa Straylight. That alone makes the book stick in my mind as memorable.

Holy shit, I don't think there is a place in literature quite like Villa Straylight.

this
it's so compelling, sometimes I think it's real

C. S. Lewis

It didn't revitalize anything, relevant science fiction happened without it, it's just kinda there. Because he's far from it.

I'm liking Snow crash better than neuromancer so far because I'm a shitty reader and gibson's prose triggers my retardation

Both are really bad as stylists, but Gibson is far worse. Snow Crash is rough and boring, but Neuromancers is just fucking terrible.

What are you, 16?

Can you explain the hate for Neuromancer?

not enough raping and cucking

Wolfe is my pick. Mostly cause he writes actual literature, and not just escapist or hard sci-fi. He's the sci fi author for people who don't like sci-fi but enjoy realist fiction. His prose is just probably the best in spec fic, barring maybe le guin or atwood.

Vote for your favorite pick:

strawpoll.me/11175239

Thread here:

Lem's in the lead, as expected of country grown vegepoles. t b h

Lem's so fucking awesome.
>dat Perfect Vacuum

Dr.Suess

Robert Heinlein, anyone else is sub par

You just won the "plebbest opinion of the thread" award.

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