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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian03 Jan 2023 7:49 a.m. PST

The American science fiction writer Greg Bear, who has died aged 71 following heart surgery, was, as he put it "all over the map" as far as interests and subjects were concerned: genetics, starships, politics, artificial constructs and combat in space were among the themes explored in his 35 novels. The work he did to research them with thinkers and institutions made them remarkably prescient, not only scientifically – he is attributed with the first descriptions of nanotechnology – but also politically…

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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP03 Jan 2023 4:39 p.m. PST

Sorry to hear it. He was a wide-ranging and stimulating author.

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