After Arthur C. Clarke: Recommended Reading
Nathan Bissonette asks:
Well, for starters, John Betancourt. I mean he's got to be about 6'6" and 300 pounds, at least...
Okay, seriously? I think most people's lists of Clarke's Children would start with the Killer B's: Greg Bear, Greg Benford, and David Brin. Make sure you check out Rob Sawyer as well, and I will as always put in a strong plug for my friend, Bob Metzger, who sometimes posts here. I just finished reading Bob's latest, Cusp, and while it is definitely not lite reading, it's packed to the gunwales with Big Ideas and a worthy successor to Childhood's End. (A lesser writer, such as myself, would already be thinking of all the fun he could have in the sequel with the Incubator.)
When I was a kid, the SF biggies were Asimov, Clarke and Heinlein. Lower ranked biggies included Bradbury, Dickson, Niven, Anderson, Herbert.
Who are today's biggies?
Well, for starters, John Betancourt. I mean he's got to be about 6'6" and 300 pounds, at least...
Okay, seriously? I think most people's lists of Clarke's Children would start with the Killer B's: Greg Bear, Greg Benford, and David Brin. Make sure you check out Rob Sawyer as well, and I will as always put in a strong plug for my friend, Bob Metzger, who sometimes posts here. I just finished reading Bob's latest, Cusp, and while it is definitely not lite reading, it's packed to the gunwales with Big Ideas and a worthy successor to Childhood's End. (A lesser writer, such as myself, would already be thinking of all the fun he could have in the sequel with the Incubator.)
Your suggestions?
posted by ~brb at 11:56 AM
