I Have A Bad Feeling About This

[dr_phil_physics]

I Wanna Recount

Fellow 2004 Clarion traveler slithytove did the "Which SF Author Are You?" and got Hal Clement. So I figured I'd try, but had a hard time figuring out which answers to use, because several did NOT fit what I am trying to write. I knew it would send me off to the far reaches of space, and I got:

I am: E.E. "Doc" Smith The inventor of space opera. His purple space war tales remain well-read generations later.

Which science fiction writer are you?

Actually, I kindof like E.E. "Doc" Smith, and lord knows his space opera was written with serious purple prose. But I don't think I write that way. Really -- no.

So I Tried Again

... and changed some answers and got:

I am: Isaac Asimov One of the most prolific writers in history, on any imaginable subject. Cared little for art but created lasting and memorable tales.

Which science fiction writer are you?

Hmm. I suppose if I tried a little harder I might get Robert Heinlein. (grin) I think a blender might be needed. Seriously.
Dr. Phil

Comments

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I got Cordwainder Smith....which means nothing to me.

Good luck on the reveiw tomorrow

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

I know of Cordwainder Smith, but I haven't read him, I don't think.

Review? Do I have something scheduled I don't know about?

Dr. Phil

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Isn't your annual review tomorrow? Or was I skimming the flist again?

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

Nope. Not me. (grin)

Or they didn't tell me!

Dr. Phil

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the angst, then ;o)

[wendyb-09.livejournal.com]

Well, not being a writer per se, at least of science fiction, I came off being Brunner? Whom I'd never heard of.

So, wanting to play along, went and took the "what office supply are you" test.
Result? I'm a file cabinet: Reams and reams of information that just might need to be retrieved and looked up some day, stored in a convenient low-tech form that everybody can read or produce easily.

Makes sense, I do come fully equipped with the pack-rat gene...

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

I'd best not take THAT test. (grin)

Dr. Phil

[wendyb-09.livejournal.com]

Oh, I dare you...no, I double-dog dare you...

I'll look for the results tomorrow.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

I can resist your feeble taunts forever.

Dr. Phil