I’ve always loved and written Sci-fi. It gives full rein to the imagination. I like my Sci-fi with good science, social context and a meaningful thought-provoking set of ethics. I’m not so keen on space drama or fantasy.
Just the look at the strange names seemed exotic to me Asimov, Simak, Budris, Van Vogt. They seemed other worldly. I used to consume this books in my youth, reading a book a day. They fired up my imagination and opened up horizons. I have a large library that I still dip into.
My favourite writers are:
Iain Banks
Margaret Atwood
Kurt Vonnegut
Robert Sheckley
Arthur C Clarke
Isaac Asimov
John Wyndham
John Brunner
James Blish
Anne McCaffrey
Rob Grant
Douglas Adams
Robert Heinlein
Frank Herbert
Larry Niven
Jack Vance
AE Van Vogt
Fred Hoyle
Algis Budris
Michael Moorcock
Ursula LeGuin
Fritz Leiber
Brian Aldiss
Harry Harrison
Poul Anderson
Greg Bear
Ben Bova
Bob Shaw
James White
Ray Bradbury
JG Ballard
Robert Bloch
CJ Cherryh
Frank Herbert
Robert Silverberg
Clifford D Simak