''moved here from ScienceFiction''

This is a first cut at classifying authors by rough period/movement -- generally when they began significant work. (In many cases, their work continued on for many years, through many 'periods') This is, of course, open for discussion and change.

Science Fiction Nineteenth Century
* JulesVerne
* EdgarAllanPoe	
* MaryWollstonecraftShelley
* RobertLouisStevenson
* HerbertGeorgeWells

ScienceFictionEarlyTwentiethCentury
* HugoGernsback
* EdgarRiceBurroughs
* HpLovecraft
* TheaVonHarbou

ScienceFictionGoldenAge (mid 20's - late 40's)
* IsaacAsimov
* JamesBlish
* RobertBloch
* RayBradbury 
* FredericBrown
* John W. Campbell (JohnWoodCampbell)
* KarelCapek
* HalClement
* L. Spague de Camp (SpragueDeCamp)
* LesterDelRey
* EdmondHamilton
* RobertHeinlein
* FritzLeiber
* MurrayLeinster
* JudithMerrill
* C. S. Lewis (CsLewis)
* CliffordSimak
* CurtSiodmak
* EeDocSmith
* OlafStapeldon
* TheodoreSturgeon
* A. E. Van Vogt (AeVanVogt)
* JackWilliamson
* PhilipWylie

ScienceFictionPostWorldWarTwo (late 40's - mid 60's)
* Arthur C. Clarke (ArthurCeeClarke)
* BrianAldiss
* PoulAnderson
* AlfredBester
* Philip K. Dick (PhilDick)
* GordonDickson
* PhilipJoseFarmer
* RandallGarrett
* HarryHarrison
* FrankHerbert
* FredHoyle
* DanielKeyes
* DamonKnight
* KeithLaumer
* AnneMcCaffrey
* AndreNorton
* FrederickPohl
* MordechaiRoshwald
* RobertScheckley
* NevilShute
* WilliamTenn	
* JackVance
* JohnWyndham

ScienceFictionNewWave (mid-60's)
* HarlanEllison
* J.G. "Crash" Ballard (JgBallard)
* JohnBrunner
* UrsulaLeGuin
* MichaelMoorcock
* JoannaRuss
* RobertSilverberg
* GeneWolfe
* KateWilhelm
* RogerZelazny

ScienceFictionPostNewWave (mid-60's - 70's)
* PiersAnthony
* GregoryBenford
* MichaelBishop
* BenBova
* OctaviaButler
* CjCherryh
* SamuelDelany
* StephenDonaldson
* ZennaHenderson
* JoeHaldeman
* StanislawLem
* VondaMcIntyre
* LarryNiven
* JerryPournelle
* SpiderRobinson
* FredSaberhagen
* CharlesSheffield
* StrugatskiBrothers
* JohnVarley
* JoanVinge
* VernorVinge

ScienceFictionLateTwentiethCentury
* DouglasAdams
* CatherineAsaro
* IainBanks
* StevenBarnes
* StephenBaxter
* GregBear
* DavidBrin
* LoisMcMasterBujold
* OrsonScottCard
* DavidDrake
* GregEgan
* LeoFrankowski
* NeilGaiman
* WilliamGibson
* RolandGreen
* PeterHamilton
* JamesHogan
* NaloHopkinson
* J. Gregory Keyes (GregoryKeyes)
* KenMacLeod
* JulianMay
* JeffNoon
* TerryPratchett
* PhilipPullman
* KimStanleyRobinson
* RudyRucker
* MichaelMarshallSmith
* DanSimmons
* JoanSlonczewski
* AllenSteele
* NealStephenson
* BruceSterling
* SmStirling
* DavidWeber
* WalterJonWilliams
* ConnieWillis
* DavidZindell

ScienceFictionTwentyFirstCentury

* Well, a lot of ScienceFictionLateTwentiethCentury authors are still at it.
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Major kudos to http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/timeline.html where I got the information for the chronological sequence -- ClaudeMuncey

''Or, you could have just asked any SF dweeb over the age of 50. I've been reading most of the authors listed above since I was 12...''
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