List of science-fiction authors
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Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative, futuristic and scientific concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances.
Science fiction is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many subgenres. The genre's precise definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other notable subgenres are cyberpunk, which explores the interface between technology and society, climate fiction, which addresses environmental issues, and space opera, which emphasizes pure adventure in a universe in which space travel is common.
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Dafydd ab Hugh (1960–2026)
Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954)
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926)
Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
Robert Abernathy (1924–1990)
Dan Abnett (born 1965)
Daniel Abraham (born 1969)
Forrest J Ackerman (1916–2008)
Douglas Adams (1952–2001)
Robert Adams (1932–1990)
José Adolph (1933–2008)
Ann Aguirre (born 1970)
Jerry Ahern (1946–2012)
Jim Aikin (born 1948)
Alan Burt Akers (1921–2005) (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer)
Tim Akers (born 1972)
Brian Aldiss (1925–2017)
David M. Alexander (born 1945)
Grant Allen (1848–1899)
Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957)
Hans Joachim Alpers (1943–2011)
Steve Alten (born 1959)
Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998)
Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
Paul Rafaelovich Amnuél (born 1944)
Charlie Jane Anders (born 1969)
Chester Anderson (1932–1991)
Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962)
Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
Jean-Pierre Andrevon (born 1937)
Arlan Andrews (born 1940)
Patricia Anthony (1947–2013)
Piers Anthony (born 1934)
Christopher Anvil (1925–2009) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby)
K. A. Applegate (born 1956)
E.L. Arch (1922–1988) (pseudonym of Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
Eleanor Arnason (born 1942)
Robert Arthur (1909–1969)
Catherine Asaro (born 1955)
Neal Asher (born 1961)
Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994)
Pauline Ashwell (1928–2015)
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
Janet Asimov (1926–2019)
Nancy Asire (1945–2021)
Robert Asprin (1946–2008)
Francis Henry Atkins (1847–1927)
A. A. Attanasio (born 1951)
Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
Ayerdhal (1959–2015)
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Richard Bachman (pseudonym of Stephen King)
Paolo Bacigalupi (born 1972)
Hilary Bailey (1936–2017)
Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952)
Kage Baker (1952–2010)
Scott Baker (born 1947)
J. G. Ballard (1930–2009)
Edwin Balmer (1883–1959)
Iain M. Banks (1954–2013)
Michael A. Banks (1951–2023)
Raymond E. Banks (1918–1996) (also known as Ray Banks, Ray E. Banks, R.E. Banks, and Fred Freair)
Marek Baraniecki (born 1954)
Miquel Barceló (1948–2021)
René Barjavel (1911–1985)
Wayne Barlowe (born 1958)
Arthur K. Barnes (1911–1969)
John Barnes (born 1957)
Steven Barnes (born 1952)
William Barnwell (born 1943)
Donald Barr (1921–2004)
João Barreiros (born 1952)
Max Barry (born 1973)
William Barton (born 1950)
T. J. Bass (1932–2011) (pseudonym of Thomas J. Bassler)
Harry Bates (1900–1981)
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
John Baxter (born 1939)
Stephen Baxter (born 1957)
Georgy Baydukov (1907–1994)
Barrington J. Bayley (1937–2008)
Elizabeth Bear (born 1971)
Greg Bear (1951–2022)
Jerome Beatty Jr (1918–2002)
Charles Beaumont (1929–1967)
Vladimir Beekman (1929–2009)
Ugo Bellagamba (born 1972)
Edward Bellamy (1850–1898)
Alexander Belyaev (1884–1942)
Andrei Belyanin (born 1967)
Don Bendell (born 1947) (pseudonym of Ron Stillman)
Gregory Benford (born 1941)
Donald R. Bensen (1927–1997)
J. D. Beresford (1873–1947)
Fyodor Berezin (born 1960)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655)
Jack Bertin (1913–1983) (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
Bruce Bethke (born 1955)
Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914)
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923–2002)
Eando Binder (joint pseudonym of Earl (1904–1966) and Otto (1911–1974) Binder)
John Birmingham (born 1964)
David Bischoff (1951–2018)
Michael Bishop (1945–2023)
Terry Bisson (1942–2024)
Jerome Bixby (1923–1998)
Malorie Blackman (born 1962)
Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969)
James Blaylock (born 1950)
James Blish (1921–1975)
Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928)
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (born 1954)
Kevin Bokeili (1963–2014)
John Boland (1913–1976)
Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006)
Pierre Bordage (born 1955)
François Bordes (1919–1981)
Anthony Boucher (1911–1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White)
Pierre Boulle (1912–1994)
Sydney James Bounds (1920–2006)
Louis Henri Boussenard (1847–1910)
Ben Bova (1932–2020)
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999)
Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956)
Johanna Braun (1929–2008)
Mark Brandis (1931–2000)
Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992)
Miles J. Breuer (1889–1945)
David Brin (born 1950)
Jason V Brock (born 1970)
Damien Broderick (1944–2025)
Max Brooks (born 1972)
Terry Brooks (born 1944)
John Brosnan (1947–2005)
Eric Brown (born 1960)
Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
James Cooke Brown (1921–2000)
Rosel George Brown (1926–1967)
Simon Brown (born 1956)
John Brunner (1934–1995)
Steven Brust (born 1955)
Edward Bryant (1945–2017)
Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979)
Algis Budrys (1931–2008)
Vitaly Bugrov (1938–1994)
Lela E. Buis (fl.
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