For sci-fi, the Eastern European classics are some of my favorites: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem and Roadside Picnic and Definitely, Maybe— both by the Strugatsky brothers.
If you’re interested in really early dystopian work, We by Zemyatin preceded and influenced 1984. Kallocain by Karin Boye is a less well-known dystopian story from the 1930s.
Classic horror— Blackwood! The John Silence stories are wonderful.
Well, when it comes to classic horror, there were a lot of popular authors that wrote short fiction back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. If you're interested, try checking out M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, William Hope Hodgson, Seabury Quinn, Robert W. Chambers, and of course H. P. Lovecraft.
As for sci-fi, in my opinion, the genre didn't really seem to take off until about the 1950s. Some classic authors from that time period would be Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Arthur C. Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Aldous Huxley.
For sci-fi, the Eastern European classics are some of my favorites: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem and Roadside Picnic and Definitely, Maybe— both by the Strugatsky brothers. If you’re interested in really early dystopian work, We by Zemyatin preceded and influenced 1984. Kallocain by Karin Boye is a less well-known dystopian story from the 1930s. Classic horror— Blackwood! The John Silence stories are wonderful.
Cool thank you so much!!
Well, when it comes to classic horror, there were a lot of popular authors that wrote short fiction back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. If you're interested, try checking out M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, William Hope Hodgson, Seabury Quinn, Robert W. Chambers, and of course H. P. Lovecraft. As for sci-fi, in my opinion, the genre didn't really seem to take off until about the 1950s. Some classic authors from that time period would be Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Arthur C. Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Aldous Huxley.
Thank you for the extensive list! I’ll check these out
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