Vernor Vinge, author of many influential hard science fiction works, died March 20 at the age of 79. Vinge sold his first science-fiction story in 1964, "Apartness", which appeared in the June 1965 issue of New Worlds. In 1971, he received a PhD (Math) from UCSD, and the next year began teaching at San Diego
Thank you for the great work, Vernor. You’ll be missed.
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.
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.