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SciFi Motherlode Donated to Canadian University

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-little-light-reading dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes: "SciFan aficionados might soon be lining up to study at the University of Calgary due to an amazing donation: A massive collection of science fiction and pulp magazines spanning the last century has been donated to the University of Calgary which officials say will be a boon for literary and pop culture research. William Gibson had spent many of his 92 years sealing his prized collection in plastic, leaving behind a true motherlode of science fiction writings."

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  1. Since He Was 95... by susano_otter · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...when he died, I assume this was the other William Gibson.

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    1. Re:Since He Was 95... by RDW · · Score: 5, Funny

      They have a freezer full of them in the Gibson orbital villa. The family AI just releases another clone from hibernation as required, and sends him down on the next JAL shuttle. I believe the current Gibson is 3Bill.

  2. Well it has to be said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Imagine if this was a porn collection.

  3. Re:I wonder... by Xtifr · · Score: 3, Funny

    The collection is science fiction. Star Wars is a samurai movie, so it probably doesn't qualify. :)