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I am:Robert A. Heinlein Beginning with technological action stories and progressing to epics with religious overtones, this take-no-prisoners writer racked up some huge sales numbers. |
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While I was out, John Scalzi had an interesting post about the changing economics of short story writing. Back in the day, Robert Heinlein made a living selling stories at a penny a word:
As I was reading this again I was curious as to what at penny in 1939 would rate out to here in 2007, so I used…
I took the quiz to find out which science fiction writer I am, and this is the result:
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John Brunner
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Gregory Benford
A master literary stylist who is also a working scientist.
Which science fiction writer are you?
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Olaf Stapledon!
Oh, you're good! I thought I outgrew Heinlein myself.
wow, whose the right-winger now? :)
Ouch! You mean you're an egotistical and misogynistic Randian? I would have put you closer to Stapleton or Lem.
Myself, I got Gregory Benford. I can live with that.
I should have been in a better mood when I took the test. I was hoping for Stapledon or Benford, or perhaps Brin or Bear, though I would have certainly loved to have gotten LeGuin or Butler...
I got Asimov. Always liked Asimov, not so much his stories, which were sometimes really good, but him. If more people were like him, I think the world would be a better place.
Now Leguin would be ideal as far as writing and ideas go, and seems to be a nice person. Liked some of Heinlein, and did see his house after he died and the realtor had an open house so locals could come have a look and not make phoney appointments just to check it out. Small but nice design (he had trouble getting around and it was built for that).