psikeyhackr
Physics is Phutile, Fiziks is Fundamental
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Where is the Williamson orbit?
I've only heard of Arthur C. Clarke, so he obviously wins.
I bet there's a few authors I've not heard of that others will be familiar with!You've never heard of Jack Williamson, shame on you!
What!? You mean everybody hasn't read everything by everybody? Shocking!I bet there's a few authors I've not heard of that others will be familiar with!
I know rightWhat!? You mean everybody hasn't read everything by everybody? Shocking!
Darker Than You Think was great.
I'm sure I've probably heard of Williamson, but I can't recall that. He sure doesn't seem to come up that much.
Read everything that I could find by each author. Mostly in my youth. I had the advantage 50+ years ago of having an older brother who compulsively collected everything then (or earlier) that was published.
I greatly respect Baylor, however choosing "The Greater" between two authors in the same field, even with quite different styles, seems beside the point. Of course both were skilled at the level of writing in different styles. And much of the best remembered Williamson dates back to the pulps -which shows. But neither can be easily pigeonholed. Clarke wrote for something like 60 years. Williamson 75.
Anything that brings them up, with the detail about their work expressed above, does serve the purpose of reminding (or introducing) them to people here.