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Science Fiction
This is a genre rich in physical and intellectual adventure, with something to please a wide range of readers, from fans of romance and mystery to those who appreciate literary fiction and even westerns. Science Fiction is evocative and visual, rich in technical and scientific details. Readers prize Science Fiction for its ability to raise thought-provoking issues, whether intellectual, moral or social. Science Fiction deals with "why", philosophical speculations, as well as with "where", futuristic settings outside of the usual; with alien beings as well as alien and unorthodox concepts. It cherishes the unexpected, in terms of setting, characters, and plot, and it prides itself in its ability to raise challenging questions. Science Fiction also affirms the importance of the imagination and of story in readers' lives. (NoveList)
Science Fiction authors include:
| Douglas Adams | Ray Bradbury | Gene Wolfe | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| Carl Sagan | David Brin | Philip Wylie | Greg Bear |
| Robert Heinlein | Terry Brooks | Timothy Zahn | Gregory Benford |
| Frank Herbert | Orson Scott Card | Roger Zelazny | Arthur C. Clark |
| Ray Hogan | Harry Turtledove | Clifford Simak | Piers Anthony |
| Walter M. Miller, Jr. | Jack Vance | Dan Simmons | Isaac Asimov |
| Mary Doria Russell | H. G. Wells | Caroline Carver | Michael Crichton |
| Diana Jones | Kate Wilhelm | William Shatner | Diane Duane |
| Robert Jordan | Douglas Adams | Michael Jan Friedman | David Eddings |
| C. S. Lewis | Brian Aldiss | C. J. Cherryh | Andre Norton |
| Vonda McIntyre | Aaron Allston | Alan Dean Foster | George Orwell |
| Connie Willis | Jules Verne | Paul Anderson | Steve Perry |
| Neal Stephenson |