Died this day: 04/06/1992 (b. 01/02/1920)
Isaac Asimov was one of the most influential science fiction writers ever. His Foundation trilogy and Robot series each reshaped the genre, and The Gods Themselves won both the Hugo and Nebula.

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Died this day: 04/06/1992 (b. 01/02/1920)
Isaac Asimov was one of the most influential science fiction writers ever. His Foundation trilogy and Robot series each reshaped the genre, and The Gods Themselves won both the Hugo and Nebula for its bold vision of alien worlds.

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Born this day: 04/05/1917 (d. 09/23/1994)
Robert Bloch was an American author of horror, crime, and science fiction. He won the 1959 Hugo Award for his story "That Hell-Bound Train". Best known for Psycho, adapted by Alfred Hitchcock.

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 J'adore ! un quiz qui propose de reconnaître le sujet d'un livre (des années 80-90?) à partir de l'illustration de sa couverture. C'est vraiment drôle !

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Died this day: 04/04/1987 (b. 01/24/1911)
Catherine Moore, as C. L. Moore, was a pioneering American SF and fantasy author. Her 1933 Weird Tales debut Shambleau introduced Northwest Smith and became a pulp classic.

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Born this day: 04/04/1948 (d. 02/21/2026)
Dan Simmons was an American SF and horror author who won the Hugo and Locus Awards for Hyperion, a landmark novel following seven pilgrims to the Time Tombs of a distant world. He also wrote the Ilium/Olympos books and The Terror.

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