Well, the air of some of the comments seem to trumpet one author at anothers' expense, and I thought Bill Warren put it quite nicely when he stated in an earlier post that we don't really need to list, rank or categorize things, people or places the way we do as a society and on this forum.

Comparing one author as a short story writer to another that wrote primarily novels rings of one-upsmanship, and the length of one's work in no way should determine the influence or prestige of a writer, artist or scholar. Furthermore, I don't think it helps or furthers anything to the topic, which is a major science fiction writer's contribution to an influential science fiction film, and how his style was ideal for the project. The only points of contention seemed to be how much he contributed, and how much mud was being slung between the authors regarding the writing credit.