SF Character Creators

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1. Kim Kinnison donned gray leathers, twin blasters and a psionic crystal to enahnce his mental powers in his fight to save the galaxy against the terrifying forces of the Overlords of Delgon and the Boskonians. Who brought this paragon of Good to life? C.L. Kornbluth Gordon R. Dickson Edmond Hamilton E.E."Doc" Smith

2. Civil War gentleman John Carter travelled astrally to Mars to participate in adventures that captured our imaginations - and the heart of the lovely princess Dejah Thoris. Whose fertile imagination bore this fruit? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Edgar Rice Burroughs Ray Cummings Robert E. Howard

3. John Grimes started his career in space as a lowly lieutenant and worked up through the ranks (and through a lot of women) as a Survey Captain, a tramp captain, a rim Runner smuggler, and a commodore. Whose brainchild is he? Robert A. Heinlein A. Bertram Chandler E.E. "Doc" Smith Arthur C. Clarke

4. Who gave us Paul Atreides, who led a rebellion on a desert planet using giant sandworms on route to becoming Emperor of a galaxy? James Herbert Frank Herbert Brian Herbert Kevin J. Anderson

5. Slippery Jim DiGriz was THE top thief of his era...well, until an ungrateful government had the nerve to catch him and put him to work for THEIR side. Who soldered together the Stainless Steel Rat? Harlan Ellison Fredric Brown Isaac Asimov Harry Harrison

6. Michael Valentine Smith was raised alone on Mars and came back to Earth so we could Grok the ways of love. Who gave us this Stranger in a Strange Land? Poul Anderson Robert Jordan Fredrik Pohl Robert A. Heinlein

7. Anthony "Buck" Rogers: immortalized in numerous books, movie serials, comics and a TV series. Who opened the floodgates in "Armageddon 2419 A.D."? John Silbersack John Eric Holmes Richard S. McEnroe Philip Francis Nowlan

8. Calhoun roamed the galaxy for the Med Service, curing disease and sometimes criminal tendencies where he went. Who issued his medical degree? James White Alan E. Nourse Murray Leinster L. Ron Hubbard

9. Ender Wiggin as a young kid thought he was the best computer wargame player alive-and then he discovered it wasn't a game, it was all real. Who won numerous awards for "Ender's Game" and starting the series? Alan Dean Foster Orson Scott Card Craig Shaw Gardner James Alan Gardner

10. Philip Lynx was just like any other young street rat-well, okay, except for the venomous flying snake he had for a pet and genetically modified psionic abilities ranking off the scale. Whose brilliant was it to awaken his abilities by hooking him up to the ancient alien war machine, the Tar-Aiym Krang? Alan Dean Foster Mary Janice Davidson M.A. Foster David Brin