Who are your favorite science fiction authors?

Mine are Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Artrur C. Clarke, Alan Dean Foster, Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

I'll try to pare it down some lol  In no particular order:  Anne McCaffrey, Kevin Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, William Forstchen, Chris Bunch, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Terry Brooks, Robert Asprin, Timothy Zahn, Douglas Adams, Walter Hunt, and Richard Paul Russo,

I don't read a lot of sci fi, but I love Orson Scott Card and Joan Slonczewski.

Right now it's Greg Egan and CJ Cherryh for me. I'm working my way through both of them.

I like James White a lot and also Jo Clayton.

I have Beginning Operations coming to me in the mail, and I am very excited about it.  I have only read 2 Sector General novels and am looking forward to more.  Has anyone read; The Galactic Gourmet; by James White?  It was the first of his that I had the opportunity to read and I found it fascinating.  What an intriguing idea; a multi-species hospital in space!

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Mine would definitely be Orson Scott Card, Isaac Asimov, and Frank Herbert.

My favs would be Peter David, Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, David Feintuch...

and those that I can't remember right now!

C.S. Friedman, Charlie Stross, John Scalzi, and Scott Lynch.

Julian May, Dan Simmons, Tad Williams, Keith Laumer and Peter F. Hamilton are favorites, followed by Orson Scott Card and Anne McCafferty.  

Jack McDevitt, Robert Heinlein...hmm.... most of the other authors I read regularly are more fantasy than sci-fi.

Denise

Lois McMaster Bujold and Vernor Vinge are my current favorites.

Peter David definately for both his Star Trek series and the weird but cool PsiMan

Alan Dean Foster - Flinx / Commonwealth

C.Z. Czerneda - Trade Pact

does Spider Robinson count as Sci/Fi or fantasy?

Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers of course but Dirk Gently is hilarious too.

F. Paul Wilson - LaNague but also for Repairman Jack though that is more horror.

Jack Vance, Gene Wolfe, Frank Herbert, Brian Aldiss, Dan Simmons, Iain M. Banks, Philip Jose Farmer

My favorites right now are Jack McDevitt, AmyThomson and Louise Marley (who also is Toby Bishop).  Just started reading John Scalzi and am already a big fan. 

C. J. Cherryh :)
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Many of mine have already been listed, so I'll avoid repeating them with one exception...

My all-time fave Sci-Fi author is Mr. Isaac Asimov.  I'm re-reading his Robot, Empire, and Foundation novels right now, and simply love them.

Robert Charles Wilson http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/wilson_glance.htm

C.J. Cherryh (all of her books - and she has had a prolific career - are wonderful),  Ian MacDonald (River of Gods), Kim Stanley Robinson (all of them), Elizabeth Moon ( Remnant Population in particular.)

My fav right now is Julie E. Czerneda, particularly the Species Imperative Series.

My favorites are Card, Asimov, Heinlein, and Pohl and like Denise, a rash of sci-fantasy authors.

Definitely Peter David.  :)

I only remember 2 science fiction authors names and one just published a new book.

 they are Robert A. Heinlein and the other is Michael Z. Williamson. 

Michael Z. Williamson just published a great new book "BETTER TO BEG FORGIVENESS"   very very good book.

he has 3 other SF books out  the very best one is "FREEHOLD"  and close to as good is "THE WEAPON"  and his new book is very very good like THE WEAPON.

Heinlein, Connie Willis, Theodore Sturgeon,  Kage Baker, Alfred Bester, Zenna Henderson. 

Philip K. Dick