Fathers and Parenting in SF

So... Father's day has left me wanting to blog about sf authors who are also fathers, and who have influenced my concept of parenting, through their fiction, or through blogging, or real life interaction--or all three!

Here is my short list of authors I want to write about:

John Scalzi

Neil Gaiman

Steven Gould

Neal Stephenson

Tobias S. Buckell

Steven King

I feel like I should find another one named John to write about, just to round out the list. ;)

Seriously, though, I will try to do this project in the next week, because Lord knows I have enough unfinished writing projects bouncing around the inside of my head - hopefully I can get this one out!


What SF authors or characters have influenced your concept of fatherhood?

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