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I didn’t realize that he was still alive. I read just about all his work as it came out, and have the first editions on my bookshelves.
I especially liked his collaborations with Jack Williamson and Cyril Kornbluth.
I haven't read much of his work, but I did read his entire "Heechee" series and enjoyed it.
Dang. The world just became a sadder, duller and dumber place.
Oh man this sucks. He is my favorite scifi author...
Good thing that the genre has been redefined as a place to find harlequin romances in space featuring love triangles with the dead and animals and our intrepid heroine. Or, dang, lesbian love triangles in space - now that’s sci fi!
When do you know you are old? When the obituaries start being of interest.
RIP old friend, I’ll be seeing you along with all of those others who have made my life what it is. Godspeed to your eternal rest.
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Folksinger Pete Singer and beatnik poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti were also born in 1919. And Olivia de Haviland, 1916 and her sister Joan Fontaine, 1917 — these folks are still around, which is pretty amazing.
HEY! Who just bought all four of my novels?! Thanks!
RIP.
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Sigh. I was recently telling someone about the time I met Isaac Asimov at Lunacon in Tarrytown, NY years ago, and had to explain that Lunacon was more literary than your usual SF con and used to (back in the day) attract the greats of science fiction. I pondered about whether there are any writers of that caliber left. Don’t get me wrong — there are a lot of great writers right now, but it’s different than a generation ago. Those guys are gone. Well, they weren’t all gone ... but there’s one fewer today.
Reading the utter trash on his blog maks reading anything from this guy a no go. Typical worthless leftist thinking: anti-fraking, anti-gun. Global warming nutcase & on & on....no thanks.
http://www.starshipsofa.com/2010/09/24/starshipsofa-talks-to-fred-pohl-and-jack-vance/
Interview in 2010. If I recall Vance was still pissed that Pohl cut all the stuff from the intros to the Demon Princes chapters. You know, back in the mid-60s. Pretty funny. But I am against anything that deprived us of more Vance, so I am 100% with Vance on this one!
RIP FP, RIP JV
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May he Rest In Peace and prayers for his loved ones.
Thanks for the ping, Perdogg, and thank you for the post, EveningStar
A shame, though I guess not surprising, given his age.
One of my favorite of his novels is “Narabedla, Ltd.” The ending kind of falls apart, but it’s so much fun until then that I didn’t care. ;o)