I pull a great deal from Verne, Orwell, Herbert, and Clark, who are probably my all time favorites, but I've found that Issac Asimov, Ray Bradbury (on occasion) Daniel Keyes, Phyllis Dorothy James, John Christopher, James McConnell, John Brunner, J.G. Ballard, Geo. Alec Effinger, Howard Fast (read The First Men), Lester Del Rey, Tom Herzog, Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Trilogy), Orson Scott Card (Enders series),Algis Budrys (read Rogue Moon), Robert J. Sawyer (read The Neanderthal Parallax, not Calculating God), Anthony Burgess, and Rog Phillips.
I read way too much. Do you have any idea what you'd like to set as your own path to follow on this?
|