Re: ~ Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Author and Gay Man, Dies ~

In article <ddfr-320ABC.11392919032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, David
Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>In article 
><edccdd3f-8d47-4744-8a29-451703b7cbf8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Will in New Haven <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> On Mar 19, 1:22 pm, "Frank R.A.J. Maloney" <fr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > Will in New Haven wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Mar 19, 1:05 pm, "Mike McKinley" <mp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > >> "Franklin Hummel" <hum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >
>> > >>news:frrh00$oid$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > >>> In 1988, when I was Director of the newly formed Gaylactic
Network, an
>> > >>> association of organization for gay science fiction fans and
their
>> > >>> friends, I wrote Sir Clarke
>> > >>     I believe he would be called Sir Arthur.
>> >
>> > > That's all right. Anyone who thinks Sir Arthur is "Likely the
present-
>> > > day world's most famous science fiction author," is probably going
to
>> > > get everything else wrong too. Even narrowing the definition of
>> > > "science fiction author" so that it doesn't include Rowling won't
do
>> > > it.
>> >
>> > Of course we would exclude Rowling since the Harry Potter series is
>> > fantasy, *not* science fiction.
>> >
>> > So who do you think is the world's most famous science author?
>> 
>> Asimov gets more than twice as many Google hits.
>
>Assuming one believes the Google "about" figure on hits, 
>
>Heinlein gets 638,000
>
>Clarke 120,000
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>Asimov 2,720,000
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>Orwell 4,750,000
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>Rand  2,130,000
>
>Which points out one ambiguity in "world's most famous science fiction 
>author." Orwell is probably the most famous person who was an sf author, 
>unless there is some other famous person I haven't thought of who also 
>wrote sf. But Orwell isn't really famous as an sf author, or at least 
>not primarily. I think the same is true of Rand.
>

How about L. Ron Hubbard?

-- Alan