Δημήτρης Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Agent, editor, and publisher Glenn Lord, 80, died December 31, 2011 in Pasadena TX. Lord is best known as a champion of the works of Robert E. Howard, and acted as agent for the Howard estate starting in 1965. Lord worked tirelessly to keep Howard’s work available, and brought many of his unpublished works into print. In his journal The Howard Collector (18 issues from 1961-73), Lord included rare and unpublished work by Howard, along with news, essays, and indices. He produced a special final edition of The Howard Collector in summer 2011. Lord wrote a landmark work on Howard, The Last Celt: A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard (1976); co-edited Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters: 1923-1930 (1990, with Rusty Burke & S.T. Joshi); and edited Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters: 1931-36 (1991). He received a World Fantasy special convention award in 1978, was guest of honor at the Centennial Robert E. Howard Days festival in Cross Plains TX (2006), and guest of honor at PulpCon 36 (2007). Glenn Richard Lord was born November 17, 1931 in Pelican Louisiana. He discovered Howard’s work in the early ’50s when he read collection Skull-Face and Others (1946). Lord devoted himself to collecting Howard’s fiction, poetry, and letters, eventually amassing a huge collection of Howard’s material, including hundreds of then-unpublished stories, most of which he helped shepherd into print. See the February 2012 issue of Locus for a complete obituary. Δεν ήταν συγγραφέας επειδή έγραψε μόνο ένα βιβλίο, αλλά εκδότης και ατζέντης. Οι πληροφορίες είναι από το site που βλέπει και ο Mort13. Ο Glenn Lord ήταν ο άνθρωπος που κυριολεκτικά διέσωσε το έργο του Robert Howard. Μπορεί κανείς να υποστηρίξει χωρίς το παραμικρό απολύτως ίχνος υπερβολής, ότι αν δεν ήταν αυτός, το έργο του μεγάλου συγγραφέα θα είχε χαθεί. Υπήρξε για τον Howard, ότι και ο Derleth για τον Lovecraft. Νικητής μεταξύ άλλων του World Fantasy Convention Award το 1978 όπου ένας από τους κριτές ήταν και ο Stephen King, βρήκε σ' ένα μπαούλο του Howard μερικές ιστορίες του που όλοι αγνοούσαν την ύπαρξη τους και τις έδωσε στον de Camp να τις ολοκληρώσει. Άρχισε σιγά- σιγά να μαζεύει απ' όλα τα περιοδικά τις ιστορίες του Howard, μία δουλειά δύσκολη στην δεκαετία του '60, και να τις επανεκδίδει με προσωπικό κόστος. Γνώριζε την Novaline Price την μοναδική κοπέλα που είχε ο συγγραφέας στη ζωή του, και όταν του είπε ότι ήθελε να γράψει βιβλίο γι' αυτόν, την ενθάρρυνε και της βρήκε και εκδότη. Γενικά αν μπορούμε σήμερα να διαβάζουμε τις ιστορίες του ανίκητου βάρβαρου και όλων των άλλων χαρακτήρων που έπλασε ο Howard, σε ένα πολύ μεγάλο ποσοστό το οφείλουμε σ' αυτόν. Εύκολα καταλαβαίνει λοιπόν κανείς την σπουδαιότητα του έργου του. Edited January 5, 2012 by Δημήτρης 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsathoggua Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Κρίμα για τον Glenn Lord. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort13 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 SF writer Ardath Mayhar, 81, has reportedly died in Nagodoches TX. Mayhar wrote poetry in the 1940s and published pseudonymous Westerns and mainstream books before turning to SF and fantasy with “The Cat with the Sapphire Eyes” (1973). Her first SF novel, How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon (1979) was one of more than 60 books and scores of short stories she produced in her long career. In 2008 she received a SFWA Author Emeritus Award. Ardath Frances Hurst was born February 20, 1930 in Timpson TX, and attended high school in Nagodoches. She married Joe E. Mayhar in 1958. They lived in Oregon for a few years before returning to Texas in the 1970s. Mayhard worked as a dairyman, chicken farmer, and proofreader before becoming a full-time writer in 1982. She ran the East Texas Bookstore in the ’50s and ’60s, and with her husband operated bookshop View from Orbit beginning in 1984 until the late ’90s. She also taught writing. Her husband predeceased her in 1999. She is survived by two sons and two stepsons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort13 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 British author Samuel Youd, who wrote SF as John Christopher, died last night in Bath, England, at the age of 89. As John Christopher he wrote the classic catastrophe novel The Death of Grass (UK 1956), published in the US as No Blade of Grass (1957), and later the popular YA trilogy The Tripods, beginning with The White Mountains (1967). He also wrote under his own name and several other pseudonyms, as listed in his Wikipedia article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort13 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Author Mark Bourne, 50, died Saturday February 25, 2012 at home from what appears to have been a cardiac event. Born in July 10, 1961, Bourne published short fiction in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, and several anthologies. He worked with Ray Bradbury to create adaptations of Bradbury’s stories for planetarium performance. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Lawhead Bourne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort13 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 SF writer Paul Haines, 41, died March 5, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia of cancer. Haines was an active member of the Australian writing community. He attended the first Clarion South workshop in 2004, and soon after rose to prominence in Australia, winning four Ditmar Awards: for best new talent in 2005, and for best novelella/novelette for “The Last Days of Kali Yuga” (2005), “The Devil in Mr Pussy (Or How I Found God Inside My Wife)” (2007), and “Wives” (2009). “Wives” was also on the Tiptree honor list, and won an Aurealis Award, as did “The Last Days of Kali Yuga” and “Slices of Life — a Spot of Liver” (2009). Many of his other stories were Aurealis and Ditmar nominees. His collection Doorways for the Dipossessed (2006) won a Sir Julius Vogel Award, and more of his stories were collected in Slice of Life (2009) and The Last Days of Kali Yuga (2011). Haines was born June 8, 1970 in New Zealand, and was raised in Auckland. He attended university in Otago, and moved to Australia in the ’90s, where he worked as an information technology consultant. He is survived by his wife and daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkchilde Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Σήμερα το πρωϊ πέθανε σε ηλικία 91 ετών ο Ray Bradbury: Ray Bradbury dies at the age of 91 R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikosal Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Μόλις είδα και εγώ το io9 και θα ανέβαζα ένα άρθρο λίγο αργότερα. Είχε μεγάλη συνεισφορά -αλλά νομίζω έζησε και μια μακρά ζωή, όπως την ήθελε. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Διγέλαδος Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Τι συγγραφέας! Μακάρι να ζει στο μυαλό της ανθρωπότητας για πολύ καιρό ακόμα. Ακόμα θυμάμαι το διήγημά του "A Sound of Thunder". Που ακριβώς βρισκόμουν και τι ημέρα ήταν. Χάραξε στο μυαλό μου για όλη την υπόλοιπη ζωή μου εκείνη τη στιγμή. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Δημήτρης Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Αλήθεια πέθανε ο Bradbury; Λυπάμαι πολύ. Εντελώς τυχαία αγόρασα ένα βιβλίο του εχθές. Ο συγγραφέας της μαγευτικής ''Η Ευωδία της Σαρσαπαρίλα'' υπήρξε ένας από τους μεγάλους μάστορες στις σύντομες ιστορίες και λίγοι είναι στον κόσμο εκείνοι που μπορούσαν να τον ανταγωνιστούν στον τομέα αυτό. Πραγματικά δεν θυμάμαι να υπάρχει κάτι δικό του που να διάβασα, και το οποίο να μην μου άρεσε έστω και λίγο. Είναι αυτή η γλυκόπικρη αίσθηση, που κάνει τα διηγήματα του τόσο ξεχωριστά. Θα πιάσω τώρα στα κοντά ένα δικό του, από τα 4-5 αδιάβαστα που έχω σαν φόρο τιμής. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatasiospa Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Ενας ένας οι μεγάλοι μάστορες της επιστημ.φαντασίας φεύγουν........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilio Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Αιωνία του η μνήμη Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoVa Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Χθες είδα το όνομά του καθώς έψαχνα διάφορα topics, και το έκανα αναζήτηση στη Wikipedia. Ετών 91, είπα από μέσα μου. Ποπό! Και σήμερα πέθανε... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aScannerDarkly Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Το σίγουρο είναι ότι φεύγει αφήνοντας βαθιά αποτυπώματα στο χώμα που πάτησε. Από τις λίγες περιπτώσεις που οι κοινότυπες εκφράσεις έχουν νόημα: δεν πρόκειται να ξεχαστεί. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naroualis Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Κανέναν δε θα αφήσει φέτος ο άτιμος ο χάρος. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heiron Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Προχτές έβλεπα ένα ντοκιμαντέρ για τον Μπράντμπερι(μια συνέντευξή του βασικά).Πάει άλλος ένας μεγάλος.Ήταν βέβαια και γέρος αλλά αυτό δεν μειώνει την απώλεια. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. R.Carter Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Χθες είδα το όνομά του καθώς έψαχνα διάφορα topics, και το έκανα αναζήτηση στη Wikipedia. Ετών 91, είπα από μέσα μου. Ποπό! Και σήμερα πέθανε... Μερκελ, Παπανδρεου, Σαμαρας, Τσιπρας... Ψαξ'τους.. RIP, Ray Bradbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
As_if Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Κρίμα, πολύ αγαπημένος (κι ότι είχαμε και την κουβέντα του τελευταία...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Διγέλαδος Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH6FpvfU8yc Δείτε το πάθος του σε αυτήν την ηλικία καθώς συμβουλεύει τους καινούριους συγγραφείς! Listen to the man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsathoggua Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Κρίμα! Πραγματικός γίγαντας του χώρου. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimitrisX Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Κρίμα... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adicto Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Aντίο μεγάλε! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagoncult Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aScannerDarkly Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jun/06/ray-bradbury-neil-gaiman-appreciation Ο Neil Gaiman για τον Bradbury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Διγέλαδος Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 ακατάλληλο http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IxOS4VzKM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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