Heretics and blasphemers! Where's Norton (Andre), whom Weber and Flint both acknowledged as a giant?!
Drake (David - "Hammer's Slammers" series, just to start out with)
Cherryh (C.J. - "Union-Alliance" universe, especially Downbelow Station and Angel with the Sword)
Vance (Jack - "Planet of Adventure" series, "The Demon Princes" series, "The Cadwal Chronicles" trilogy, etc.)
Bujold (Lois McMaster - "Miles Naismith Vorkosigan" universe)
Hemry (John, a.k.a. Jack Campbell - "Paul Sinclair" series & "Stark's War" series by his real name, "The Lost Fleet" and its follow-on series as Campbell)
Mitchell (Sandy [real name Alex Stewart] - "Ciaphas Cain" series) Edit: Oops, missed that Bluemage mentioned a Mitchell.
Edit (still more): Ellison (Harlan - ye gods, where do we start?)
Resnick (Mike - especially Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future)
Panshin (Alexei - "Anthony Villiers" stories, alas, cut short)
A "Smith" is mentioned in the opening post, but is that "Doc" or Cordwainer ("The Instrumentality of Mankind")?
Palmer (David R. - Emergence)
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
Drake (David - "Hammer's Slammers" series, just to start out with)
Cherryh (C.J. - "Union-Alliance" universe, especially Downbelow Station and Angel with the Sword)
Vance (Jack - "Planet of Adventure" series, "The Demon Princes" series, "The Cadwal Chronicles" trilogy, etc.)
Bujold (Lois McMaster - "Miles Naismith Vorkosigan" universe)
Hemry (John, a.k.a. Jack Campbell - "Paul Sinclair" series & "Stark's War" series by his real name, "The Lost Fleet" and its follow-on series as Campbell)
Mitchell (Sandy [real name Alex Stewart] - "Ciaphas Cain" series) Edit: Oops, missed that Bluemage mentioned a Mitchell.
Edit (still more): Ellison (Harlan - ye gods, where do we start?)
Resnick (Mike - especially Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future)
Panshin (Alexei - "Anthony Villiers" stories, alas, cut short)
A "Smith" is mentioned in the opening post, but is that "Doc" or Cordwainer ("The Instrumentality of Mankind")?
Palmer (David R. - Emergence)
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.