You've listed two of the "Big Three" already - I'll start my list with the third.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Clarke (Arthur C. - "Rendezvous with Rama", "The Fountains of Paradise", the "2001" series, etc.)
- Piper (H. Beam - "Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen", the "Fuzzy" series, etc.)
- Pournelle (Jerry - "Exiles to Glory", "Lucifer's Hammer", etc.)
- Robinson (Spider - "Mindkiller", "Stardancer", "Melancholy Elephants", the "Callahan's" stories, etc.)
- Atwood (Margaret - "The Handmaid's Tale", "Oryx and Crake", etc. - she prefers the term "speculative fiction" to "science fiction", but that's a distinction without a difference IMHO)
ClassicDrogn Wrote:... whatever the hell Megazone's actual name is, ...I've been reliably informed that "MegaZone" is his legal name.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012