| ALDISS | Brian ___, English science fiction writer whose short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long was the basis for the 2001 film A I Artificial Intelligence (6) |
| SMELTARAT | 'Fish flipping so long' was suspicious (5,1,3) |
| JOHNCROWLEY | Author whose short story Spring Break won the 2018 Edgar Award in the Best Short Story category: 2 wds. |
| BRIANALDISS | English science fiction author whose works include the Helliconia trilogy |
| BRIAN | English science fiction author whose works include the Helliconia trilogy |
| CLARKE | Arthur C., English science fiction writer who co-wrote the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey (6) |
| VERNE | Jules _, French science fiction writer whose works included Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1864) |
| PHILIP | ___ K. Dick, U.S. science fiction writer whose novels include The Man In The High Castle (6) |
| ANNIE | Pulitzer Prize winning author whose short story Brokeback Mountain was adapted into an Oscar-winning |
| ARTHURCCLARKE | English science fiction writer and undersea explorer, 1917-2008, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey (6,1,6) |
| ORR | Mary whose short story "The Wisdom of Eve" was the basis of "All About Eve" |
| ASIMOV | Isaac ___, Russian-born American science-fiction writer whose works include the Foundation Trilogy and I, Robot |
| KATHERINEMANSFIELD | Author whose short story collections included Bliss and The Garden Party |
| ISAACASIMOV | Science fiction author whose books were classified in 9 of the 10 major categories in the Dewey Deci |
| MOORCOCK | Michael, English science fiction author of The Final Programme (8) |
| TRIFFIDS | Carnivorous plants created in a 1951 novel by English science fiction author John Wyndham (8) |
| ANT | The insect that toiled all summer long while the grasshopper lazed about, singing |
| BRETHARTE | US writer whose short stories include The Outcasts Of Poker Flat and The Luck Of Roaring Camp (4,5) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Adrian ___, British science fiction author whose novel series include Children Of Time and Shadows Of The Apt (11) |
| KID | ___ Rock All Summer Long singer who performed at the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime show |
