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- Dec 28, 2014
I've read all of Niven's Known Space stuff, most of it multiple times. I think he is easily the best of the hard SF types.Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle collaborated on some really good stories.
Another one, Cordwainer Smith. Actually an irl Secret Agent Man and a psychological warfare expert. Unfortunately he died young and his output was small. It's worth reading every word.
A similar early death, Henry Kuttner, who also wrote under the name Lewis Padgett. His wife was equally brilliant and they sometimes collaborated under the Padgett name as well as others, though she also wrote under her own name.
Ursula K. LeGuin and specifically The Lathe of Heaven, an absolute masterpiece and a mindfuck that PKD would be jealous of.