Which Science Fiction Writer are you?

ChunkyC · Apr 1, 2005

I haven't been able to get over here in a while, but today a friend posted a link to this site on his blog and I immediately thought the folks here would have fun with it. See which author you match up with!

Which Science Fiction Writer are you?

I ended up compared to Cordwainer Smith. An honour indeed!
(Note -- they give you code you can paste into a post, but it includes a photo of the author that would chew up bandwidth here, so I just posted the name.)

zizban · Apr 1, 2005

Isaac Asimov

What an honor! :Hail:

clintl · Apr 1, 2005

I'm Ursula K. LeGuin, according to this thing - also quite an honor!

azbikergirl · Apr 1, 2005

Arthur C. Clarke, here.

I feel honored!

DaveKuzminski · Apr 1, 2005

A few years ago, I took a similar test and was favorably compared to Robert A Heinlein. This test places me as similar to Arthur C. Clarke. Entertaining, but I doubt if it's at all accurate.

clintl · Apr 1, 2005

Just for fun, I decided to see who my opposite is by answering every question with the choice most unlike me. And my writing opposite is:

Mickey Spillane

Nateskate · Apr 1, 2005

I didn't do the survey, but if taking forever to finish a novel means anything, I'm turning into Tolkien.

HConn · Apr 1, 2005

William Gibson!?!

Me no like.

mdin · Apr 1, 2005

I'm Frank Herbert! :hat:

MacAllister · Apr 1, 2005

Another Isaac Asimov, here.

heh. Don't I WISH.

Julie Worth · Apr 1, 2005

Oh my god, I'm Hal Clement!
And my opposite is Mickey Spillane...but he's probably the opposite of most SF writers.

ChunkyC · Apr 1, 2005

Just for fun, I decided to see who my opposite is by answering every question with the choice most unlike me. And my writing opposite is:

Mickey Spillane

I did the same and got Mickey too!

clintl · Apr 1, 2005

I think Mickey is very close to becoming the anti-SF writer.

jdkiggins · Apr 1, 2005

Isaac Asimov. I would have never guessed that because I really don't write Science Fiction.

Pthom · Apr 1, 2005

Gregory Benford.

I read that and said to myself, "Who's he?" I better stop by the bookstore on the way home.

Liam Jackson · Apr 1, 2005

Robert Heinlein...god, my agent would fall out of his chair, laughing. (My wife did)

Dawno · Apr 1, 2005

Philip Jose Farmer

::wanders off to re-read Riverworld saga::

Galoot · Apr 1, 2005

Hal Clement

A quiet (hahahaha) and underrated (Oh, certainly) master of "hard science" fiction (We'll see. Right now Niven doesn't open my mail).

If only.

katiemac · Apr 1, 2005

Gibson? Never read him.

azbikergirl · Apr 1, 2005

I highly recommend Neuromancer by William Gibson. Nebula winner, I believe (or was it Hugo?). Awesome.

Anatole Ghio · Apr 1, 2005

Samuel Delaney.

William Gibson won both the Hugo and Nebula, as well as the (I think) philip k. dick award for Neuromancer.

Mr Underhill · Apr 1, 2005

Jack Vance.
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Ha! My little joke for Friday night. Actually I came out as:

William Gibson.

Oh, and me like! But damn, how did you two get Clement or Farmer? That would be even cooler. If I can figure out some way to get Jack Vance I'm going for it, but the sublime master is probably not on the list.

azbikergirl · Apr 1, 2005

Anatole Ghio said:
William Gibson won both the Hugo and Nebula, as well as the (I think) philip k. dick award for Neuromancer.

You're right. My copy lists all three right on the front cover.

Terra Aeterna · Apr 1, 2005

Heh. I got John Brunner. I did a different version of this a few months ago and got Heinlein.

HConn · Apr 1, 2005

I've read Gibson and think he's great. But his work is nothing like mine.

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