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Bob Mayer is an American author of science fiction and thriller novels. He also works as a writing instructor. He writes under the pen names of Joe Dalton, Robert Doherty, Greg Donegan and Bob McGuire. He is a regular writing partner with Jennifer Crusie. He is the co-founder of Cool Gus Publishing. Before becoming a […]
William Gibson is an American-Canadian author of speculative fiction, including cyberpunk and steampunk. He coined the term “cyberspace” back in 1982 in the short story Burning Chrome. He is perhaps best known for his debut novel, Neuromancer, where he elaborated on and popularized the concept of cyberspace. Gibson left the United States during the Vietnam […]
The Lucky Starr series is a series of young adult science fiction novels written by American author Isaac Asimov under the pen name of Paul French. The books follow David “Lucky” Starr on a series of adventures to various planets and locales in the solar system.
Neal Stephenson is an American author primarily of speculative fiction, but also of other sub-genres of science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk and several other genres. His novels involve subjects such as mathematics, philosophy and science. He also writes novels alongside his uncle J. Frederick George (real name George Jewsbury) under the collective pen name Stephen […]
Dune is a science fiction franchise created by American author Frank Herbert, with contributions made by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The first novel in the series, Dune, is considered by many to be the greatest sci-fi novels of all time. The series takes place in the distant future over several millennia. Its themes […]
Brian Herbert is an American novelist and son of author Frank Herbert. Following his father’s death in 1986, Brian collaborated with Kevin J. Anderson on multiple prequels in his Dune series as well as a few sequels based on an outline and notes left by his father.
Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was an American author of science fiction. He is best known for his Dune series, which is set in the future and covers issues such as leadership, ecology, religion, evolution, sociobiology. He is considered part of the New Wave literary movement. Following his death, the Dune series was taken over by his […]
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was an American author of hard science fiction and popular science books in addition to being a professor at Boston University. He is considered to be one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time. Asimov is most well known for his Foundation series as well as his Galactic Empire and […]
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), better known as H.G. Wells, was an English author who is considered one of the fathers of science fiction. However, his bibliography ranges far past the outer reaches of science fiction. He wrote fiction books in many different genres as well as non-fiction books such as textbooks, historical books, political books […]
John Maddox Roberts is a prolific American author who has written novels in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction and action. He is perhaps best known for his current writing in the SPQR historical fiction series set in Rome. He has several series of his own and has also contributed to series […]