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James E. Gunn died two days ago at the age of 97. To say he was a giant in the field doesn't begin to cover it. I took his writing workshop back in the early 90s and to this day I remember the entire experience with awe.
My personal proudest moment was when, after not having seen him for a decade or so, I walked into a room that he was in, he looked up, saw me, came right over and gave me a hug! Wow.
Here are links to a couple of obits:
https://www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2020/dec/24/gunn-dad-of-science-fiction/
https://locusmag.com/2020/12/james-gunn-1923-2020/
I am so glad I got to know him.
AmyStrange
(7,989 posts)-
thank you for sharing.
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friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)One of the first novels to deal with SETI, the search for extraterrestial intelligence.
Well worth a look if you haven't read it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Listeners_(novel)
ShazzieB
(18,670 posts)I googled it, and it sounded so good I just ordered a copy from Amazon.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...still holds up well. They made a terrible TV series about it...and a couple of his short-story collections were some of my first SF reads, in 1966. And, of course, *The Listeners*--now *that's* the book they should have made a movie out of...instead of *Contact*. (Which is OK. "Listeners" would have been great.) Rest in peace, sir.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Doesn't seem far-fetched now, does it?
lastlib
(24,910 posts)A true giant of sci-Fi! I have a copy of his work The Road To Science Fiction, and recall reading The Immortals (but never connected it to the TV series--stupid of me!)
for Dr. Gunn. Requiescat In Pace, sir!
murielm99
(31,436 posts)RIP