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Howard Waldrop (died January 14, 2024) was an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021. His most famous story, "The Ugly Chickens," won both the Nebula and Locus awards.

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At Readercon, Gregory Feeley describes a story that the late great Howard Waldrop started but never continued:

"He had the idea, that the Chinese make it to Mars first; the title, 'Mars Is Red'; the slogan, 'The Great Leap Upward.'

And the first line: 'The Americans are begging outside the doors again.'"

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Trailer for adaptation of Howard Waldrop's short story "The Ugly Chickens," starring Felicia Day.
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"Man-Mountain Gentian" by Howard Waldrop, the fifth story in The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection has a light science fiction element, but I like anthologies that really stretch the boundaries of a genre. It takes place in what was a near-future context in 1983, early 21st century Tokyo. The sport of Zen-Sumo, or more plainly, psychic Sumo wrestling, is a global obsession.

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