Two SF losses recently… RIP, Richard Matheson & Parke Godwin

RIP, Richard Matheson, 1926-2013

I’m sorry to have to report that Richard Matheson, author of such horror and science fiction classics as I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, has died at the age of 87. According to his daughter, he died at home, peacefully, surrounded by loved ones. Our condolences to his friends and family. (Thanks, John)

 

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RIP, Parke Godwin

The wonderful and gracious award-winning sf and fantasy author Parke Godwin has died at the age of 84, due to natural causes. Godwin was one of the first writers I ever met, while I was a teenaged volunteer at the Ad Astra science fiction convention. He was extraordinarily kind and thoughtful of the convention’s volunteers, and impressed me as an example of how a professional writer can conduct himself. That led to my reading his wonderful,

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