Re: SF big household names

On Apr 18, 8:48=EF=BF=BDpm, thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Wayne Throop) wrote:
> :: When i started reading SF my local bookshop was full of Asimovs and
> :: Clarkes.Whose name now represents SF to non fans now that generation
> :: has passed? =EF=BF=BDGibson? =EF=BF=BDBallard?
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> : Gene Ward Smith <g...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> : Lucas and Spielberg, but Joss Whedon is coming on strong.
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> Not Roddenberry? =EF=BF=BDOr do only living persons count?
> If mean, which authors in mostly-text media... that's a good
> question. =EF=BF=BDI'm not sure I could name somebody a non-fan would
reco=
gnize,
> who's still living.
>
> But even in written works, the non-fan is going to be aware of trek,
> wars, and maybe aliens/predators/whatnot spinoffs. =EF=BF=BDNone of
which =
have
> consistent authors, so they'd remember the franchise originator, I
expect.=

> Whedon would be known, but mostly for Buffy I expect. =EF=BF=BDHow many
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uld
> know he also did Firefly and Serenity, or care? =EF=BF=BDI thought
Serenit=
y fell
> over kind of flat non-fan-public-perception-wise.
>
> Wayne Throop =EF=BF=BD thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 i guess i was thinking written sf but on the screen big tv shows like
Lost with a mainstream following seem to  be getting the public into
watching sf/ fantasy.