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#223173 16-Sep-2017 16:11
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Just read that author Jerry Pournelle died.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/obituaries/jerry-pournelle-science-fiction-novelist-and-computer-guide-dies-at-84.html

 

 

 

I particularly enjoyed the Mote in Gods Eye books cowritten with Larry Niven.


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  #1867516 17-Sep-2017 14:36
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Hmmm, I buy the Years Best SF by Gardner Dozois every year, and there is an obituary list in it.

 

Loads of them.....

 

 

 

Not my favourite books, but yeah, I see  some names and think OMG they were that old?!

 

 


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