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RIP David Hartwell
What a horrible way to start the day. As announced by Patrick Nielsen Hayden on Making Light, and subsequently reported by Locus, legendary Tor editor David Hartwell has passed away. I won’t attempt to summarise […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Alfred Bester Died
On this day in 1987, Alfred Bester passed away and the SF world lost one its brightest stars. From The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Educated in both humanities and sciences – including Psychology, perhaps the […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Clifford Simak
Through the magic of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction‘s indispensible On The Day function, we can see that Clifford D. Simak, was born on this day in 1904. A regular contributor to Astounding Science Fiction […]
Read MoreNew Book of the Week: Wonder’s Child by Jack Williamson
He was an sf writer of substance for over seventy years . . . in his work and in his life he encompassed the field. So states The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction in its entry […]
Read MoreOn This Day: E. C. Tubb
Courtesy of our friends at the Hugo Award-winning Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – and, in particular, their excellent On This Day function – we are able to celebrate the birth of one of the great […]
Read MoreFrom the Archives: In Praise of . . . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
SF Gateway’s respect and admiration for The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction should be obvious – we did have the site built for them, after all – but we really couldn’t let our series of ‘In […]
Read MoreLonCon3 is Here!
The day has finally arrived: Worldcon is in town! LonCon3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention commences today at the ExCel Centre in London’s docklands and runs until Monday 18th. In addition to a plethora […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Cyrano de Bergerac
On this day in 1655, French soldier and writer, Cyrano de Bergerac, died in Sannois, near Paris. Although arguably best-known (if he is known at all) as ‘that swordsman with the big nose’ – and, […]
Read MoreSomething in the Water IV: the Bornying
As we’ve noted before, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction‘s excellent On This Day function makes for fascinating reading and, occasionally throws up days with an infeasibly high level of cool people being born. And, at […]
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Harlan Ellison!
Today is the birthday of one the greats of modern science fiction, Harlan Ellison: author, editor, screenwriter, legend. Although, as noted in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, ‘most of his large oeuvre is better described […]
Read MoreFrom the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . . . Clifford D. Simak
And rounding out a week of Encyclopedic treats: Clifford D. Simak, who died on this day in 1988 . . . (1904-1988) US writer whose primary occupation 1929-1976 was newspaper work, and who worked full-time […]
Read MoreFrom the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . . . Daniel Defoe
From the virtual pages of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Daniel Defoe, who died on this day in 1731 … (?1660-1731) UK merchant, professional spy and man of letters born Daniel Foe, becoming Defoe in […]
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