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Science Fiction

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Adam RobertsAuthor · BooksHe was born in London.
Alasdair GrayIllustrator · IllustrationAlasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist.[4] He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and…
Albert RobidaIllustrator · IllustrationAlbert Robida (14 May 1848 – 11 October 1926) was a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years.
Aleksey TolstoyAuthor · BooksAleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (– 23 February 1945) was a Russian and Soviet writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction.
Alice Bradley SheldonAuthor · BooksAlice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr. (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987), was an American science fiction and fantasy author.
Ben BovaAuthor · BooksBenjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor.
Bok Geo-ilAuthor · Books
Boris StrugatskyAuthor · BooksThe brothers Arkady Strugatsky (28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Strugatsky (14 April 1933 – 19 November 2012) were Soviet and Russian science-fiction authors who collaborated…
Brian AldissAuthor · BooksBrian Wilson Aldiss (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels and short stories.
Brian LumleyAuthor · BooksBrian Lumley (2 December 1937 – 2 January 2024) was an English author of horror fiction. He came to prominence in the 1970s writing in the Cthulhu Mythos created by American writer H. P.
C. J. CherryhAuthor · BooksCarolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction.
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
Cherie PriestAuthor · BooksCherie Priest (born July 30, 1975) is an American novelist and blogger living in Seattle, Washington.
Christopher PaoliniAuthor · BooksChristopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is an American and Italian author.
Connie WillisAuthor · BooksConstance Elaine Trimmer "Connie" Willis (born December 31, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
Daniel KeyesAuthor · BooksDaniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer best known as the author of the novel Flowers for Algernon.
David DrakeAuthor · Books
David MitchellPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist and screenwriter, who has also translated two children's books.
Dean KoontzAuthor · BooksDean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and…
Deon MeyerPerson · Film memorabiliaDeon Godfrey Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, writing primarily in Afrikaans. His works have been translated into 28 languages.
Diane DuaneAuthor · BooksDiane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland.
Doris LessingAuthor · BooksDoris May Lessing (Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature…
Drew KarpyshynAuthor · BooksDrew Karpyshyn (born July 28, 1971) is a Canadian video game scenario writer, scriptwriter and novelist.
Edgar Rice BurroughsAuthor · BooksEdgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres.
Élisabeth VonarburgAuthor · BooksÉlisabeth Vonarburg (born 5 August 1947) is a science fiction writer.
Ernest ClineAuthor · BooksErnest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet and screenwriter.
Frank SchätzingAuthor · BooksFrank Schätzing (born 28 May 1957) is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel The Swarm (2004).
Fredric BrownAuthor · BooksIllustration — Brown's "Honeymoon in Hell" was the cover story in the second issue of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950.
Garrett Putnam ServissAuthor · BooksGarrett Putnam Serviss (March 24, 1851 – May 25, 1929) was an American astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer.
Gary GygaxAuthor · BooksErnest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with…
George Clayton JohnsonPerson · Film memorabilia
George R. R. MartinAuthor · BooksGeorge Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin, September 20, 1948), also known by the initials GRRM, is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer.
Greg EganAuthor · BooksGreg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction.
H. G. WellsAuthor · BooksHerbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories.
H. P. LovecraftAuthor · BooksHoward Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
H. Rider HaggardAuthor · BooksSir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world…
Harry HarrisonArtist · Comics and comic artHarry Max Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey; March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his…
Henri VernesAuthor · BooksCharles-Henri-Jean Dewisme (16 October 1918 – 25 July 2021), better known by his pen name Henri Vernes, was an author of action and science fiction novels.
Herbert W. FrankePhotographer · PhotographyHerbert W. Franke (14 May 1927 – 16 July 2022) was an Austrian scientist and writer. Die Zeit calls him "the most prominent German writing Science Fiction author".
Ivan YefremovAuthor · BooksIvan Antonovich (Antipovich) Yefremov (sometimes transliterated as Efremov; 23 April 1908 – 5 October 1972) was a Soviet paleontologist, science-fiction author and social thinker.
Jack KirbyArtist · Comics and comic artJack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific…
Jack WilliamsonAuthor · Books
Jay LakeAuthor · BooksJoseph Edward "Jay" Lake Jr. (June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
Jean GiraudArtist · Comics and comic artJean Henri Gaston Giraud (lang; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées (BD) tradition.
Jeffrey FordAuthor · BooksJeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955) is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery.
Juan Miguel AguileraIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — A picture of Juan Miguel Aguilera
Jules VerneAuthor · BooksJules Gabriel Verne (VURN, French: [ʒyl ɡabʁijɛl vɛʁn]; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Karel ČapekIllustrator · IllustrationKarel Čapek (9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist.
Katherine MacLeanAuthor · BooksKatherine Anne MacLean (January 22, 1925 – September 1, 2019) was an American science fiction author best known for her short fiction of the 1950s which examined the impact of technological…
Ken LiuAuthor · Books
Kim Stanley RobinsonAuthor · BooksKim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy of novels.
Krzysztof BoruńAuthor · BooksKrzysztof Boruń (23 November 1923 – 22 May 2000) was a Polish physicist, journalist and science fiction writer.
L. J. SmithAuthor · BooksLisa Jane Smith (September 4, 1958 – March 8, 2025) was an American author of young adult fiction best known for her best-selling series The Vampire Diaries, which has been turned into a…
Lester del ReyAuthor · BooksLeonard Knapp (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993), best known by his primary pseudonym Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor.
Lois McMaster BujoldAuthor · BooksLois McMaster Bujold (born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer. She has won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A.
Mathieu BabletArtist · Comics and comic artMathieu Bablet (born 9 January 1987) is a French comics creator. His works include the Greek mythology-inspired comic Adrastea (2013–2014) and the science fiction comics Shangri-La (comic…
Michael BishopAuthor · BooksMichael Bishop was an American novelist, writer, journalist, poet and teacher (1945–2023). He was born in Lincoln.
Michael MoorcockPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, originally of science fiction and fantasy, who has published many well-received literary novels as well as comic…
Michel VernePerson · Film memorabiliaMichel Jean Pierre Verne (3 August 1861 – 5 March 1925) was a French novelist and editor, who was the son of Jules Verne.
Mika KaurismäkiPerson · Film memorabiliaMika Juhani Kaurismäki (born 21 September 1955) is a Finnish film director.
Mikhail BulgakovAuthor · BooksMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May [O.S.
Nalo HopkinsonAuthor · BooksNalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor.
Nicola GriffithAuthor · BooksNicola Griffith (born 30 September 1960) is a British American novelist, essayist, and teacher. She has won the Washington State Book Award (twice), Nebula Award, James Tiptree, Jr.
O Human StarSeries · Comics and comic artO Human Star is a science fiction family drama webcomic by Blue Delliquanti. The title is a reference to a passage in R.U.R, the origin for the word "robot".
Pat CadiganAuthor · BooksPatricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement.[1] Her novels and…
Paul ScheerbartAuthor · BooksPaul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart (8 January 1863, Danzig – 15 October 1915, Berlin) was a German author of speculative fiction literature and drawings.
Peter F. HamiltonAuthor · BooksPeter F. Hamilton (born 1960) is a British author. He is known for writing science fiction space opera.
Philip K. DickAuthor · BooksPhilip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist.
Ray BradburyAuthor · BooksRay Douglas Bradbury (22 August 19205 June 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.
Robert A. HeinleinAuthor · BooksRobert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer.
Roger ZelaznyAuthor · BooksRoger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions;
Rudy RuckerAuthor · BooksRudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement.
Sakyo KomatsuAuthor · BooksJanuary 28, 1931 – July 26, 2011 was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.
Samuel R. DelanyArtist · Comics and comic artSamuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an African American writer and literary critic.
Samuel YoudPerson · Film memorabiliaSam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The…
Schlock MercenarySeries · Comics and comic artSchlock Mercenary is a comedic webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler. It follows the tribulations of a star-travelling mercenary company in a satiric, mildly dystopian 31st-century…
Scott WesterfeldAuthor · BooksScott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the Uglies and the Leviathan series.
Stanisław LemAuthor · BooksStanisław Herman Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy,…
Stephen KingAuthor · BooksStephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror fiction and has also explored other genres, among them…
Steven GouldAuthor · BooksSteven Charles Gould (born February 7, 1955) is an American science fiction writer. He has written ten novels.
Thea von HarbouPerson · Film memorabiliaThea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress.
Theodore SturgeonAuthor · BooksTheodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic.
Tor BooksOrganisation · Publishers and printersTor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City.
Vernor VingeAuthor · Books1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2014 Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
Walter M. MillerAuthor · BooksWalter Michael Miller Jr. (January 23, 1923 – January 9, 1996) was an American science fiction writer.
Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red DeathSeries · Comics and comic artWendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death is a massive reimagining of the original 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe by the comic book creator Wendy Pini.
Wolfgang HohlbeinAuthor · BooksWolfgang Hohlbein (born 15 August 1953) is a German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. His wife, Heike Hohlbein, is also a writer and they frequently collaborate.
Wolfgang JeschkeAuthor · BooksWolfgang Jeschke (19 November 1936 – 10 June 2015) was a German science fiction author and editor in Heyne Verlag.

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