moved here from ScienceFiction
This is a first cut at classifying authors by rough period/movement -- generally when they began significant work. (In many cases, their work continued on for many years, through many 'periods') This is, of course, open for discussion and change.
Science Fiction Nineteenth Century
ScienceFictionEarlyTwentiethCentury
?
ScienceFictionGoldenAge (mid 20's - late 40's)
ScienceFictionPostWorldWarTwo
? (late 40's - mid 60's)
- Arthur C. Clarke (ArthurCeeClarke)
- BrianAldiss?
- PoulAnderson
- AlfredBester?
- Philip K. Dick (PhilDick)
- GordonDickson?
- PhilipJoseFarmer?
- RandallGarrett?
- HarryHarrison?
- FrankHerbert
- FredHoyle?
- DanielKeyes?
- DamonKnight?
- KeithLaumer?
- AnneMcCaffrey?
- AndreNorton?
- FrederickPohl?
- MordechaiRoshwald?
- RobertScheckley?
- NevilShute?
- WilliamTenn?
- JackVance?
- JohnWyndham?
ScienceFictionNewWave (mid-60's)
ScienceFictionPostNewWave
? (mid-60's - 70's)
ScienceFictionLateTwentiethCentury
?
ScienceFictionTwentyFirstCentury
?
- Well, a lot of ScienceFictionLateTwentiethCentury? authors are still at it.
Major kudos to http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/timeline.html where I got the information for the chronological sequence -- ClaudeMuncey
Or, you could have just asked any SF dweeb over the age of 50. I've been reading most of the authors listed above since I was 12...
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