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Read this article today. Legendary children's writer Robert Munsch has dementia. He can barely write letters to the woman who, as a girl, inspired Where Is Gah-Ning?, let alone new books. He had a hell of a career, though. I am not sure where to even start with his vast catalogue of title. I am...

I have just learned via the BBC on Twitter that the great English novelist John Le Carre has passed away at 89. He has been a favorite of mine since high school and I have sadly not read his last few novels. He is, of course, best known as a writer of spy fiction, with The Spy Who Came In from...

Jerry Pournelle has passed away. I imagine most folks around here aren't familiar with the man, but I came across him in two of the worlds in which he operated. I read some of his science fiction, esp. his collaborations with his friend and colleague Larry Niven, and I was a regular reader of...