Ha ha - I was silently shocked for the same reason myself. Then I read further.
On 7/5/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > im soooo not a geek. > im thinking bret saberhagen died :( > > guess it was some other bloke. > > tw > > On 7/5/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.comicmix.com/news/2007/07/02/in-memoriam-fred-saberhagen-1930-2007/ > > > > Recent News > > Science Fiction/Fantasy Magazine News on Thu Jul 5, 2007 9:59AM > > JOHN OSTRANDER: Fireworks on Thu Jul 5, 2007 7:07AM > > John Rogers on the Cheney Administration on Wed Jul 4, 2007 3:59PM > > Mon Jul 2, 2007 10:50PM by Andrew Wheeler > > > > In Memoriam: Fred Saberhagen (1930-2007) > > American Science Fiction Writer, Creator of the Berserkers > > Frederick Thomas Saberhagen is reported to have died at his home in > > Albuquerque, NM on the afternoon of Friday, June 29th, after a > > two-year battle with cancer. > > > > Fred Saberhagen was best known for the long series of novels and > > stories about the implacable life-destroying thinking machines known > > as the Bersekers; the series began with the collection Berserker > > (1967) and ran for nearly two dozen books in the years since. The > > Berserkers typified the central SFnal conflict of Humanity versus the > > coldness of the universe, and Saberhagen rang dozens of changes on > > that idea, always championing the impulse of life to go on and thrive > > against all odds. He also wrote many other science fiction novels and > > stories, beginning in 1961, when Galaxy published his debut story, > > "Volume PAA-PYX." > > > > Saberhagen's fantasy work was centered around the long "Book of > > Swords" series, which began as a trilogy in the early 1980s and > > extended into a further eight-novel "Book of Lost Swords" sequence, a > > connection to his earlier Empire of the East trilogy, and a new series > > begun with 2006's Ardneh's Sword. Saberhagen was quoted at the time as > > wanting to try a fantasy series with a large number of magical objects > > -- the twelve swords -- since most such series had only one or two > > powerful items. > > > > Saberhagen's horror novels were also notable, with his The Dracula > > Tape (1975) being a then-modern, very atmospheric retelling of the > > events of Bram Stoker's Dracula from the point-of-view of the Count, > > in his own words. The series continued for another nine books, > > including The Holmes-Dracula File (1978), in which Dracula encounters > > Sherlock Holmes. > > > > > > One other claim that Saberhagen had to fame was that, during his > > 1967-1973 stint as an editor for the Encyclopedia Brittanica, he wrote > > that reference work's definition of science fiction: "A literary genre > > developed principally in the 20th Century, dealing with scientific > > discovery or development that, whether set in the future, or the > > fictitious present, or in the putative past, is superior to or simply > > other than that known to exist." > > > > Saberhagen was always an underrated writer, even within the itself > > underrated science fiction field; some of his novels, such as The > > Black Throne (1990, written with Roger Zelazny), are as good as > > anyone's. And the complex metaphor at the heart of Saberhagen's The > > Veils of Azlaroc (1978) is also worthy of greater attention. > > > > His official website is here; his family will announce a memorial > > service to be held later in the year and ask that any donations in > > lieu of flowers be made to the SFWA Emergency Medical Fund, Doctors > > Without Frontiers, Catholic Relief Services, or the John XXIII Church > > in Albuqurque. > > > > ComicMix > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
