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Stephen R. Donaldson is an American novelist of fantasy, sci-fi and mystery novels. His work is complex, abstract and bleak with a lot of imagination, vivid characterizations and rapid pace. The work he is most well-known for his Thomas Covenant series. He has another major series called the Gap Cycle. He also writes under the […]
The Venus series is a series of science fiction novels by American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs. The series is also known as the Carson Napier of Venus series, after the main character. On his way to Mars, Carson ends up on Venus instead. Carson is a bold and daring hero who quickly falls in love […]
Tom Swift is the protagonist in a series of juvenile science fiction/adventure, written under the house pseudonym Victor Appleton. The character was created by Stratemeyer Syndicate founder Edward Stratemeyer. The series has a focus on science, inventions and technology. Interestingly, the taser (which is actually an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle”) was inspired […]
Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was an English author of hard science fiction as well as an inventor and futurist. He is considered one of the “Big Three” of sci-fi, along with Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. He is most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was adapted concurrently into a […]
Safehold is a series of science fiction novels by American author David Weber. The series is largely set in the 31st century on a distant planet called “Safehold,” where the humans are in hiding from an alien race known as the Gbaba. When first contact was made between the two races, the Gbaba nearly completely […]
Eoin Colfer is an Irish novelist of science fiction, fantasy, adventure and children’s books. He is best known for his Artemis Fowl books. Colfer was asked by Douglas Adams‘ widow to write a sixth book to his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, And Another Thing…, which was published in 2009.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a series of science fiction/comedy franchise created by English author Douglas Adams. The series started out as a radio broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, but was then adapted into a series of novels as well as a TV series, stage plays, comic books, a computer game […]
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) was an English writer of comedy, satire and science fiction. He is best known for his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (of five books). Adams was also very much into technology (he was the first person in Europe to purchase a Mac), an environmentalist and one of only two non-Pythons to […]
The Company is a series of sci-fi/fantasy novels by American author Kage Baker. In the series, cyborgs are tasked with taking rare items throughout history into the 24th Century for profit.
William Greenleaf is an American author who has written a handful of sci-fi novels and several non-fiction books. He also has ghostwritten many different novels in all sorts of genres. Before becoming an author, he worked as a corporate strategic planner and a financial planner. He also works as a freelance editor and a creative […]