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RIP: Charles Sheffield

Posted by chrisd on from the now-an-influential-dead-writer dept.

uberdood writes "Dr. Charles Sheffield, noted for such SF works as the Heritage Universe series, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Higher Education, The Ganymede Club, Brothers to Dragons, Cold As Ice, and The Mind Pool, has died of brain cancer at the age of 67. Sheffield will be remembered for colorful characters such as McAndrew - and the wealth of short stories that helped make SF pulp rags so enjoyable. More information can be found via the Washington Post article. One of my favorite authors, dammit."

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  1. cat got my tongue by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is calling it "brain cancer" an American thing ? In the UK we always refer to the condition as a "brain tumour".

    Incidentally I never read any of Charles Sheffield, but the death of any SF author is a loss and a shame.

    graspee

  2. Too bad.... by GeneralEmergency · · Score: 0, Flamebait


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    You know...If the Copyright laws wern't so f'ed up, chrisd could actually POST some of his stuff, so the rest of us clueless morons could appreciate just what a great man this (possibly) was. When you're dead, your stuff should go into public domain, period.

    And while I'm at it. Screw YOU Disney!

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