It's a sad day in fandom
Calling him an inventor of Sci-Fi (or even using the term for SF) just knock you down a peg in my eyes, Nobby.
Until Locus comes out next month, I found the obit in BBC will be the best place to go and read about his life, without looking nerdy.
Of course the AP left out a lot of the details of his life. He got hook on reading SF, after finding a copy of
Amazing Stories in Woolworth's.
While the AP mention his memo on satelites, they said nothing about how he work on radar for the RAF during WWII. He wasn't the only Scientist who was to write in SF post Golden Age of SF, but was the best known. None had his stature as both a writer and scientist, who was able to break out of the ghetto, most put SF in.
As to the charges he had a thing for underage boys, he was clear after it was throughly investigated.
He was on top of my list of SF writers, I had wish a chance to meet someday, though least likely to. Now Pratchett will move to #1.
Edited, Mar 18th 2008 10:51pm by ElneClare
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