Names to Know in Science Fiction and Fantasy

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This page is part of the "Names to Know" project.

The groundbreaking, the influential, the seminal... but not necessarily the most famous people in science fiction and fantasy literature.

An extremely incomplete list. Feel free to add more.

The Big Three

 * Isaac Asimov
 * Arthur C. Clarke
 * Robert A. Heinlein

The Precursors of Modern SF

 * Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * Jules Verne
 * H. G. Wells

The Golden Age
"The Golden Age of Science Fiction is 12."

- Peter Graham, in the Fanzine Void, 1957


 * Lester Del Rey
 * Randall Garrett
 * H. Beam Piper
 * Frederick Pohl
 * Cordwainer Smith

The New Wave

 * Harlan Ellison
 * Ursula K. Le Guin
 * Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
 * Spider Robinson

, Poul Anderson, Andre Norton

Precursors of Modern Fantasy

 * Lord Dunsany

He Who Inspired All

 * J.R.R. Tolkien

Historical Fantasy

 * Marion Zimmer Bradley

Modern Fantasists

 * Mercedes Lackey

Organizations

 * Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America