At least I'm not Heinlein

[badwools]

I am: Stanislav Lem This pessimistic Pole has spent a whole career telling ironic stories of futility and frustration. Yet he is also a master of wordplay so witty that it sparkles even when translated into English.

Which science fiction writer are you?

Quiz via Boing Boing

Futility and frustration! Must be Monday.

Comments

Re: Anyone with any sense knows the right answers, unless they're some kind of traitorous pinko.

[friedslice.livejournal.com]

According to the site, realactual JP took the test and was told he was Heinlein.

Ringworld was ace but it's one of those books that's been frequently let down by REALLY BAD COVER ART which put me off reading it for ages.

Re: Anyone with any sense knows the right answers, unless they're some kind of traitorous pinko.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i was disappointed by ringworld cos the story wasn't about the world as such! there was some sort of "right stuff" main sotry that was distracting little me from thinking about the possibilities of the ringworld. ISTR reading the sequel Ringworld Engineers and liking that more. DOUBLE ALSO BONUS: wasn't there a RPG based on ringworld =:-O

"Orbitsville" (author forgotten - blish?) about a Dyson Sphere was way more my thing.

Re: Anyone with any sense knows the right answers, unless they're some kind of traitorous pinko.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

it's true the main RW story is ringworld-unrelated, viz abt tina, who has been darwinianly selected for being PERFECTLY LUCKY -- i think LN actually handles this idea nicely (in that it gradually punctures the smugness of the guy who is a. narrator and b. her boyf from the bulk of the picture)

but yes, the ringworld is just there to BE on: ie as backstory, w.some implicatons only explored -- viz the consequences of its SIZE as a world

Re: Anyone with any sense knows the right answers, unless they're some kind of traitorous pinko.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RingworldRPG