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2003 Hal Clement, science fiction writer/educator, Mission of Gravity, dies at 81
2002 Charles Sheffield, science and science fiction writer, Starfire, dies at 67 2002 Lloyd Biggle, "science fiction, mystery writer", dies at 79 2002 Laurence M. Janifer, science fiction writer, dies at 69 2002 Damon Knight, science fiction writer/editor/teacher, To Serve Man, dies at 79 2002 R. A. Lafferty, science fiction writer, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, dies at 87 2002 Jack Haldeman, science fiction writer, Perry's Planet, dies at 60 2001 Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86 2000 John Sladek, science fiction satirist, dies at 62 1996 Horace Leonard Gold, science fiction writer/editor, dies at 81 1996 Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64 1988 Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78 1987 Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction 1974 Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69 1970 Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction 1963 Quentin Tarantino, director and screenwriter, Pulp Fiction 1962 David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1961 Eric Stoltz, actor, Anaconda, Pulp Fiction, Mask 1954 John Travolta, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actor, Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction 1952 Somtow Sucharitkul, SP Somtow, Thailand, science fiction author, Utopia Hunters 1948 Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction 1939 Harvey Keitel, actor, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs 1939 Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man 1934 Uwe Johnson, born in Pomerania, Poland, writer, scholar, editor, wrote fiction, won International Publishers' Formentor Prize 1928 Philip Jose Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist, Riverworld 1925 Brian Aldiss, born in East Dereham, England, science fiction author, 'The Helliconia Trilogy' and 'Hothouse' 1925 John Keith Laumer, Anthony LeBaron, U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War 1917 Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey' 1917 Sidney Sheldon, born in Chicago, American writer, Academy-Award winner, crime fiction novelist 1913 Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight 1905 Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater 1902 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon 1900 Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer, Fiction as Truth 1899 Jorge Luis Borges, born in Argentina, writer of fiction, essays, Labyrinths 1873 Harry M O'Connor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Stranger than Fiction |
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