1. SCI-ence FI-ction Authors

2. ALIENS, EXOTIC PLANETS, FTL, SPACESHIPS Sci-fi authors write about aliens who are extraterrestrials. These ETs may or may not be anthropomorphic. Although many alien species have arms and legs, some lack these appendages: Abyormenites, Black Clouds, Cryers, Dextrans, Medusans, Mothers, Old Galactics, Old Ones, Polarians, Sirians, Slash, Soft Ones, Solaris, Thing (in its natural state), Tyreeans and Uchjinians. (These aliens are all in Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials.) Exotic planets often have strange atmospheres, sentient plants, symbiotic entities and varying civilization levels. FTL (faster than light) engines are more the norms than the exceptions when science fiction writers refer to spaceships’ engines. AbyormenitesMedusans

3. ANDERSON, POUL

4. ANTHONY, PIERS

5. ASIMOV, ISAAC

6. BEAR, GREG

7. BENFORD, GREG

8. BLISH, JAMES

9. BOVA, BEN

10. BRADBURY, RAY

11. BUTLER, OCTAVIA E.

12. CARD, ORSON SCOTT

13. CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

14. DELANY, SAMUEL

15. ELLISON, HARLAN

16. FARMER, PHILIP JOSÉ

17. HALDEMAN, JOE

18. HARRISON, HARRY

19. HEINLEIN, ROBERT

20. HUBBARD, L. RON

21. KNIGHT, DAMON

22. McDEVITT, JACK

23. NIVEN, LARRY

24. POHL, FREDERIK

25. ROBINSON, FRANK

26. ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY

27. SABERHAGEN, FRED

28. SILVERBERG, ROBERT

29. TIPTREE, JAMES JR.

30. VARLEY, JOHN

31. VOGT, A E van

32. ZELAZNY, ROGER