Top 10 Best Science-Fiction Authors

10. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre in his time.

9. Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher whose published work is almost entirely accepted as being in the science fiction genre.

8. Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

7. Frank Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels.

6. H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft — known as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.

5. Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.

4. Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. He wrote and consulted on many screenplays and television scripts,[2] most notably It Came from Outer Space, and many of his works have been adapted into comic books, television shows, and films.

3. George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.

2. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

1. H. G. Wells
Herbert George "H. G." Wells was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and even textbooks and rules for war games.