[ExI] Fwd: Vernor Vinge 1944-2024

[Keith Henson]

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Date: Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Subject: Fwd: Vernor Vinge 1944-2024
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Dear Keith,

the Extropians may not know about this yet.  You can pass along the sad
news.

Robert / K3

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Subject: Vernor Vinge 1944-2024
Date: 2024-03-23 16:03
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[sorry for the tardy news - I tried to post this Thursday lunchtime when
I learned of Vernor's passing from MaryE via the AMW listserver, but
some glitch at my provider prevented me from completing the action.
Also, I haven't seen a digest for like, a week. ]

***

Once again -- God *damn* it.

Died late yesterday as I understand it.  I didn't see today's digest
early this morning, so sorry for being the bearer of bad news.  I'm sure
those of you who knew him are heartbroken too.  This is happening much
too much.

the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge

story on https://file770.com/vernor-vinge-1944-2024/

tribute by David Brin on LinkedIn, which he crossposted to F/B:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7176439580433215488/

Greetings from NASA HQ in DC.  The cherry blossoms are peaking.  Had I
been aware of this news in real time, I'd have ordered a shot and flung
it into the Tidal Basin.

K3TVO

K3TVO