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What scifi/fantasy authors would you be willing to defend as writers of high quality literature and not just genre fiction? What authors both have something to say, and say it well?

NB: I'm primarily looking for people who are by default filed in the SciFi ghetto, not "real" authors who have occasionally been filed in SF/fantasy. Because Kurt Vonnegut is widely acknowledged to be a virtuoso writer and has written a bunch of SF, but I'm not sure that most people think of him as a science fiction writer.

Date: 2006-10-29 04:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] morganlf.livejournal.com
Definitely Octavia Butler. Would you count Ray Bradbury in this category? What about H.P. Lovecraft? George Orwell?

Date: 2006-10-29 04:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pmb.livejournal.com
Octavia Butler!

Date: 2006-10-29 09:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leech.livejournal.com
Shit, I forgot Ray Bradbury! Duh!

Date: 2006-10-29 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lucasmembrane.livejournal.com
You totally beat me to it with Octavia Butler.

I'd be tempted to add Heinlein for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, but many of his other works fall short of the mark :/

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