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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Stop dying!


First Gygax, now Clarke. In his defense, he was 90, and ninety-year-olds to have a tendency to die on occasion. Sad still.

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  1. And that was the last of the Great Three.
    Though it's true his new work hasn't been relevant for decades he leaves an immense legacy.
    RIP Mr Clarke.

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  2. Well, we'll just have to come up with a new big three. I nominate Gibson.

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  3. Peter F Hamilton
    Neil Stephenson
    Greg Bear

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  4. Or, alternatively:

    Stephen Baxter
    Orson Scott Card
    Michal Marshall Smith

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  5. Gibson, Silverberg and Niven would make a nice set too :-P

    Who said good SF was dead?

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  6. I do like Smith, but I don't think he's quite prolific enough to qualify as one of the greats, especially since he's moved on to less geek pastures. I'd also like to boycott Card. Even though he's a gifted writer, He's also an insufferable prick. Then again, Clarke was a noted pedophile. . .

    Gibson, Stephenson, and Niven?

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  7. As a writer I greatly prefer Hamilton to Gibson, not least as I think that he has quite a few good books left in him, and Gibson's newest offerings were sub-par as far as I'm concerned.

    Hamilton, Stephenson, Niven for me, though I could certainly live with Bear, Stephenson, Niven.

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  8. Well, Larry would be the first one to put his name forward I'm sure :-)
    But his SF work isn't top-tier. He is good in concepts and in scriptwriting, but in novels... not so much compared to those named in this thread.

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