This mangaka made a TON of manga adaptations of american sci-fi novel, and is amazing he is still active and good as always.
Separate art from artist, I'm sure that if you had the chance to speak with most creators of content you adore you would get let down, a old saying does say "never meet your idols" for a good reason, a old british writer will certainly not share today youth opinion.
Edit: writer nationality, and certainly can't share much, he passed away