I’m not sure I’d rank him above either of those myself. Maybe not above Langston Hughes, Ray Bradbury, or Kurt Vonnegut personally. I was mostly asking about the anyone else being folly part. I think there are a few people who deserve to be in the same discussion is all.
Aside, I do find it amusing when I go read old sf, like the ship who sang, and they mention"dylanists" as a serious movement