Abbott,
Edward
Key Work: Flatland (1884),
about a two-dimensional society. The work is science fiction in content,
but not in form, being straight expository prose |
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Adams,
Douglas
d. 2001
Key Work: The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Adams,
Richard
fantasy author
Key Work: Watership
Down, told from the point of view of rabbits. |
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Aldiss,
Brian
novelist, critic, historian
Modern Era
Key Works: History
and Criticism
- Billion
Year Spree (1973)
- update, Trillion
Year Spree (1986).
Key Works: Fiction
- The
Drowned World (1962), a novel of catastrophe
- Empire
of the Sun (1984), an autobiographical novel
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Alexander, Lloyd
1924-2007
b. Philadelphia, PA
Key Works: The Chronicles of Prydain |
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Anderson,
Poul
1926-2001
bachelor's degree
in physics from the University of Minnesota
Golden Age through the Modern Era
hard science fiction
Named a Grand Master
by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1967
Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2000
Key Works:
- Brain
Wave (1954)
- Tau
Zero (1970)
- Technic History
series
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Asimov,
Isaac
1920-1992
PhD. in biochemistry
Golden Age through the Modern Era
hard science fiction
Key Works:
- "Nightfall," written at Campbell's suggestions and often voted the best science fiction
story of all time
- the
Robot stories, beginning with "Robbie," (originally published as "Srange Playfellow") "Reason," and "Runaround,"
which formally introduced Asimov's positronic robots and the Three Laws
of Robotics that were probably a collaboration between Asimov and Campbell.
- The
Foundation Trilogy (1942-50), inspired by Campbell who asked Asimov
for an open-ended serial
- the Robot Novels, beginning with The
Caves of Steel and The
Naked Sun
- The
Gods Themselves
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Atwood, Margaret
Canadian mainstream
novelist
Key Work: The Handmaid's Tale |
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