Which science fiction writer are you?

[51stcenturyfox]

Yes, I have stolen a meme from slaymesoftly

I am: Robert A. Heinlein Beginning with technological action stories and progressing to epics with religious overtones, this take-no-prisoners writer racked up some huge sales numbers.

Which science fiction writer are you?

Well, slap the dog and spit in the fire.

The first SF genre novel I read was Heinlein's Friday and it ruined me for many others. I was a young teen, so that's a long period of ruin.

Let's see: A kickass female protagonist, balkanised world, alternative lifestyles, condemnation of a person being shunned by society due to origin (Friday is an AP - an "Artificial Person") and corporate hegemony*. There are terror attacks/assassinations which realistically cause chaos and confusion in both the characters' and readers' noggins, terraforming and genre planets. Plus, real science -  and tech that still gives me a joy on to imagine: the Beanstalk (space elevator for the big fat win) and semi-ballistic travel.

Adventure + science geeking + I actually cared about Friday Jones + interesting (although in some ways dated and controversial) sociological bits?  And humor? Yes, please.


*Obligatory Torchwood tie-in: My fanon interpretation of the Time Agency asserts that it's actually the enforcement arm of an interstellar corporate monolith like Shipstone. 


Shipstone: Daniel Shipstone Estate, Inc.; Muriel Shipstone Memorial Research Laboratories; Shipstone Tempe, Gobi, Aden, Sahara, Africa, Death Valley, Karroo, Never-Never, Ell-Four, Ell-Five, Stationary, Tycho, Ares, DeepWater, Unlimited, and Ltd.; Sears-Montgomery, Inc.; Prometheus Foundation; Coca-Cola Holding Co.; Intraworld Transport Corp.; Jack and the Beanstalk, Pty.; Morgan Associates; Out-Systems Colonial Corporation; Billy Shipstone School for Handicapped Children; Wolf Creek Pass Nature Preserve; Año Nuevo Wild Life Refuge; and Shipstone Visual Arts Museum and School. In effect, Shipstone controlled the entire economy.


Ba-ding-dang.


 

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Comments

[cruentum.livejournal.com]

Gregory Benford (A master literary stylist who is also a working scientist.)

...I should go look him up, or something.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's great that you have that connection with "your" writer.

[andreth47.livejournal.com]

Oh, sweeeet! Heinlein frakkin' rocked. Go you!! Have you read the earlier ones, too?

Lots of crossover potential with Lazarus Long and Jack. Also, I'm completely convinced that Jack kisses exactly like Valentine Michael Smith.

[andreth47.livejournal.com]

Heh. Just took it. I'm Ursula LeGuin! How cool!

I am: Ursula K. LeGuin Perhaps the most admired writing talent in the science fiction field.

Which science fiction writer are you?

I met her once. She was FANTASTIC.