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Almost all the masters are dead now. Who's left besides Bradbury?
Perhaps it's just me, but I haven't found much that I like among contemporary writers. Why is that? Have I become so jaded with modern technology that has closed the gap with what used to be SF technology that there is little more WOW factor any more? Or have the writers decided that screenplays (TV, film) are more lucrative than books? (Admittedly, there has been a lot more good SF on TV in the past few years.)
Well, yeah... Bradbury I guess.
Mortality. It catches up with all of us sooner or later. And on that profound note I believe I'll go drink some beer....
I think now all grandees of Sci-Fi have gone - I especially miss Robert Sheckley :(
But they lived great lifes and their works are really immortal - as long as we remember them they are still with us.
A sad loss.
My personal hero died a long time ago. His name was Isaac Asimov.
"How I Lost a Billion Dollars in My Spare Time"
I don't know if I could have handled it with that same sense of humor, worse than misplacing a winning lottery ticket. Something tells me Sir Arthur fared better w/o the cash.
Fitting final send-off:
"Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral..."
Sounds like a party to me ;)
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