The inordinate length of time it took me to get round to reading Eternity means that the "curse length" value for Bear in the table is one of the lowest at only just over a year - only Michael Dibdin, José Saramago and Philip Roth's deaths had a shorter gestation period. This feels a bit odd, though, as it's been at least 30 years, probably a bit more, since I read Eon. But, hey, I don't make the rules. Oh, hang on ..... I'm getting a message in my earpiece that says I literally do make the rules, in their entirety. But, whatever, here is the full list of all thirty-two authors who have met their demise during the lifetime of this blog.
Monday, November 21, 2022
grim (reaper) and bear it
No sooner has a respectable period of mourning and scythe-sharpening elapsed after the death of Hilary Mantel than the Grim Blogger strikes again. And once again it's someone who, while not seventeen or anything, was perhaps not at the top of the list of expected next victims. And that person is science fiction author Greg Bear, who died at the weekend after heart surgery complications at the age of 71.
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