Posted on 11/21/2022 2:49:57 PM PST by Borges
Greg Bear, a Seattle science-fiction author who played a leading role in defining how global audiences saw future final frontiers, died Saturday of complications following heart surgery.
Astrid Bear, the 71-year-old writer’s wife, said he died peacefully in a Seattle-area hospital. “He was not alone,” she wrote in a message to friends.
Born in San Diego, Greg Bear had his first short story published in 1967 and began writing full time in 1975. He wrote more than 50 books — including multiple award-winning series, a Star Trek novel and a Star Wars novel, plus a trilogy set in the Halo video-game universe. His final novel, “The Unfinished Land,” was published last year.
Bear’s influence on the science-fiction community extended far beyond the written page: He was one of the founders of San Diego’s Comic-Con International and served a two-year stint as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, now known as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Bear was a guest on podcasts and talk shows including “The Daily Show,” and once appeared as himself in the “Funky Winkerbean” comic strip.
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Damn...
One of my favorites.
71 is fairly young these days.
I wonder if he had the Covid shot and boosters.
What were his politics?
I can’t recall his Science Fiction, but I pretty much stopped reading Science Fiction about 1994. Science Fiction is usually a pretty good picture into the author’s politics and world view.
Read a few of his books. Really enjoyed some.
Condolences to his loved ones.
I never heard of him, but what gets my attention is we were both born in 1951.
Bear bounced between hard science and intelligent fantasy.
His Eon series about Thistledown and the Way captivated me with both hard science and with a great story.
I am hopeful though that God, in his design for the universe, seems to be a fan of both conservation and recycling.
One can only hope!
Really sorry to hear this; he was one of the best.
Vaguely knew him, back in the day, having known Astrid even before she was a teen.
Parties & club meetings at the Anderson’s, & elsewhere; SCA; conventions.
Pretty much left that life soon after President Reagan was elected, and we could finally afford to relocate out of Cali.
RIP Greg. You were a good one.
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