I put in my vote for C. J. Cherryh. Uneven writer - I found her Cyteen
series almost as boring as Doris Lessing's sf efforts - but Forty
Thousand in Gehenna and Wave Without A Shore are marvelous.
Haven't read all this list but hope someone has mentioned Stanislaw Lem
- Solaris (source of the Tarkovski film), His Master's Voice etc. - and
Arkadi & Boris Strugatski, whose Roadside Picnic was the source of
Tarkovski's "Stalker."
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