Because this has been bothering me since Wiscon

[starlady]

Poll #7183 Greatest living SF writer?

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Greatest living SF writer?

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Ted Chiang (source: owner of Dreamhaven Books)
0 (0.0%)

Samuel R. Delany (source: me)
2 (5.9%)

Ursula K. LeGuin (source: me)
28 (82.4%)

Gene Wolfe (source: Neil Gaiman)
0 (0.0%)

someone else I will name below
4 (11.8%)

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I just can't believe someone would put Ted Chiang over the woman who coined the term 'ansible,' but maybe I shouldn't be all that surprised.

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[seekingferret]

I went with Delany. LeGuin and I get along only about half the time. (By which I mostly mean I'll love anything Hainish and dislike anything not). The writer I think is closest to Delany in my rankings is Ray Bradbury.

I don't understand how Chiang is even in the conversation.

[starlady]

He's in the conversation because I heard, second-hand, that "lots of people" think he's the greatest living SF writer, and I said, Bullshit!