Well, hell. Vernor Vinge has died.
Some years back he read some of my sci-fi stories (specifically my first novel) and suggested that I could/should get published. Turns out he was wrong on that score (couldn’t get any agent to actually read the damn thing), but for a brief moment a pro gave me hope.
Vernor Vinge, science fiction writer and creator of the concept of the technological singularity, has died at the age of 79.
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That’s awful.
I was just re-reading The Peace War…
Almost all my favorites are gone. some long gone.
I think Larry Niven is still kicking but he has to be as old.
All the greats are gone. Jack Vance, Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov etc. Larry Niven is the only one left and he is 83 I think. It’s sort of sad to scroll through the obit column at Locus Magazine.
https://locusmag.com/category/news/obituaries/