I wouldn't classify Ray Bradbury's The Emissary as science fiction, but more fantasy - there are no doubt many who disagree, they often do. But at the same time it is true that the writer is a well-known writer of science fiction. I would consider The Bus by Shirley Jackson, a good example of fantasy - no doubt you will disagree, you often do.
Yeah, I wouldn't characterize her work as sci-fi but there is a "fantasy" quality to some of her short stories, if I think about it. It's an interesting possibility to me, I guess. :)
No, but she IS a fantasy writer. We are keen to categorize but some categories meld one into another and square pegs into round holes don't go, even when bashed in with a mallet, hammer or maul, or, at a pinch, the back of a single-edge machete. I think Bradbury is a good example of a writer who crosses that hypothetical line.
Isaac Asimov. 'Nightfall', 'Foundation Trilogy' and many others. Robert Heinlein. Favorite novel...'Time Enough for Love' and all of the other novels with Lazarus Long as the main character.
John Wyndham favorite - - hard to choose -- it may be 'The Kraken Wakes' _aka 'Out of the Deeps'
Ray Bradbury favorite - - it may be his short story "The October Game" -- out of nowhere it becomes absolutely terrifying to me
and I'm too lazy to look up the author but I really like the short story "The Heavenly Omnibus" -- at least, I think that's the title, ha! I looked it up just now -- "The Celestial Omnibus" by E.M. Forster
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The late, wonderful and unusual, Zenna Henderson was another writer whose literary output blurred the Science Fiction-Fantasy boundary - as those who remember her, and paid attention, will attest.
Robert A. Heinlein's "Glory Road" Robert E. Howard's "Conan The Barbarian" series J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" trilogy Lin Carter's "Thongor of Lemuria" series Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy Roger Zelazny's "Lord Of Light" Edgar Rice Burroughs; "John Carter Of Mars" series Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep"?
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