Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)

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1. Robert A. Heinlein

   Author of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Job: A Comedy of Justice, Farnham's Freehold

2. Larry Niven

   Author of Ringworld, Footfall, Destiny's Road
   All: (5 members)

3. Isaac Asimov

   Author of The Caves of Steel, Nine Tomorrows, More Tales of the Black Widowers
   All: (7 members)

4. Arthur C. Clarke

   Author of Rendezvous with Rama, Childhood's End, 2010: Odyssey Two
   All: (6 members)

5. Spider Robinson

   Author of The Callahan Touch, Callahan's Key, Callahan's Legacy
   All: (4 members)

6. Gordon R. Dickson

   Author of Dorsai!, Soldier, Ask Not, Lost Dorsai
   All: (3 members)

7. Poul Anderson

   Author of The Day of Their Return, Time and Stars, A Circus of Hells
   All: (3 members)

8. Joe Haldeman

   Author of The Forever War, Forever Free, Mindbridge
   All: (4 members)

9. Frank Herbert

   Author of Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune
   All: (5 members)

10. E. E. Smith

    Author of Second Stage Lensman, Children of the Lens, Masters of the Vortex

11. Harry Harrison

    Author of The Stainless Steel Rat, Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains, War with the Robots
    All: (2 members)

12. David Brin

    Author of Startide Rising, Infinity's Shore, Foundation's Triumph
    All: (3 members)

13. Frederik Pohl

    Author of Gateway, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, The Annals of the Heechee
    All: (3 members)

14. Orson Scott Card

    Author of Speaker for the Dead, Ender's Shadow, Alvin Journeyman
    All: (4 members)

15. Philip José Farmer

    Author of The Fabulous Riverboat, The Dark Design, The Magic Labyrinth
    All: (3 members)

16. John Varley

    Author of Titan, Steel Beach, The Golden Globe
    All: (3 members)

17. Clifford D. Simak

    Author of Way Station, All Flesh Is Grass, Why Call Them Back from Heaven?
    All: (3 members)

18. Ray Bradbury

    Author of The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Illustrated Man
    All: (4 members)

19. Alfred Bester

    Author of The Stars My Destination, The Computer Connection, Starburst

20. Alan Dean Foster

    Author of Nor Crystal Tears, Icerigger, Mission to Moulokin
    All: (3 members)