Thank you for the great work, Vernor. You’ll be missed.

  • meyotch@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    This is sad news. He was deeply influential and at the same time a somewhat obscure author. At least, in my experience, he didn’t have the name recognition other - dare I say lesser - authors had.

    One lesson I learned as a young person from reading A Fire Upon the Deep was to never believe anything just because it was on the internet. That alone makes his legacy worth remembering.

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    8 months ago

    aww, A Fire Upon the Deep is high on my reread list! Still one of the more thought provoking books i’ve read

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    8 months ago

    Oh man, I loved True Names, A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness In The Sky. I never got around to read ling the rest or his stuff but maybe it’s time

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    8 months ago

    He used to go to library conferences somewhat regulary. I meet him a few times and he was always extremely nice. Laste time I saw him was pre covid. He was looking pretty frail even then but still signing books for a line of fans.