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William Tenn/Phil Klass (science fiction writer) died today (2/7/10) at the age of 89
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| February 7, 2010
| Barb Carlson
Posted on 02/07/2010 2:04:34 PM PST by EveningStar
William Tenn/Phil Klass died on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at age 89. He leaves his wife, Fruma and his daughter, Adina.
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TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: obituary; sciencefiction; scifi; sf; williamtenn
To: EveningStar; KevinDavis
hhmmm... Phil Klass sounds familiar.
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:05:56 PM PST
by
GeronL
(It's my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: KevinDavis; Borges
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:05:58 PM PST
by
EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
To: EveningStar
I know I’ve read some of his stuff, but it has been decades ago.
parsy, who still has a lot of sci fi books somewhere
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:07:12 PM PST
by
parsifal
(Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
To: EveningStar
I know I’ve read some of his stuff, but it has been decades ago.
parsy, who still has a lot of sci fi books somewhere
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:07:12 PM PST
by
parsifal
(Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:08:13 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: GeronL
There was a composer named Phillip Glass.
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:08:16 PM PST
by
Perdogg
("Is that a bomb in your pants, or are you excited to come to America?")
To: EveningStar
Never heard of him or his writings!
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:09:04 PM PST
by
tallyhoe
To: Perdogg
I read a lot of scifi, I have probably seen his name mentioned a few times.
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:11:10 PM PST
by
GeronL
(It's my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: parsifal
Definitely 70’s stuff, along with Ron Goulart, Norman Spinrad and the like.
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:11:22 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: EveningStar
From Wiki:
He is sometimes confused with UFO debunker Philip J. Klass, who was born six months earlier and who died August 9, 2005.
Didn't realize there were two. I thought of Philip J. Klass when I saw the thread...
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:25:41 PM PST
by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:57:01 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Ad Astra Per Aspera!!!)
To: EveningStar
I remember William Tenn - a very original writer. May he rest in peace.
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posted on
02/07/2010 4:17:24 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("Contrary to what politicians expect us to do, let's stop and think. " ~Thomas Sowell, of course)
To: EveningStar
Excellent sci-fi short story writer.
May he rest in peace!
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/07/2010 5:28:20 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Quix; Las Vegas Dave
Good riddance. Thanks EveningStar.
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posted on
02/08/2010 10:39:32 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: LRS; Quix; Las Vegas Dave
Oops, sorry, me too. Didn’t know that other POS was already dead.
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posted on
02/08/2010 10:40:25 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: GeronL
I’m not familiar with him as a sci-fi writer but I am familiar with him as a professional UFO debunker.
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posted on
02/08/2010 2:45:08 PM PST
by
Duke Nukum
(I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.)
To: Duke Nukum
Yea. It would be nice if they came and said hi but I doubt they have any time in the past thousand years.
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posted on
02/08/2010 2:49:26 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
To: GeronL
Well, reading back in the thread I see there were two Philip Klass’. I guess it just goes to show the wisdom of the great They Might Be Giants when they intoned:
Everything sticks until it goes away. And the truth is we don’t know anything.
I wouldn’t have been surprised if the UFO debunker had also been a sci-fi writer but it just isn’t the case this time.
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:30:12 PM PST
by
Duke Nukum
(I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.)
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