[LMB] OT: Seminal SF/fantasy

[Mark Allums]

Mark Allums wrote:
> Eric Oppen wrote:
>> So what works do you on the list think should be qualified in their 
>> respective fields?  I have a partial list:
>> So what do you all think, and which subgenres have I left out?
> 
> I am not sure that hard SF much overlaps with space opera, but anyway:
> 
> I consider Asimov's Foundation to be "seminal", in particular the 
> concept of psychohistory.

When I mentioned Asimov, I of course completely forgot his Robots.  No
one can write about robots without paying homage to Asimov.

Also, I wonder if Sherlock Holmes qualifies?  Doyle invented the modern
scientific detective, can't write about crime solving without Holmes.

Are you looking for "Grand Masters"?  I could mention several.  Clarke,
Simak, van Vogt, DeCamp, to name a few.

Star Trek had its influence.

Anne Rice's vampires.

--Mark Allums