Patrick Johanneson 🚀Nov 19, 2022
Charlie Stross

Bad news about Greg Bear, via Astrid Bear's FB: he's had a severe stroke, is unconscious and not expected to awaken, so in accordance with his living will they're withdrawing life support tomorrow.

Source: https://twitter.com/PaulLev/status/1594043576471539712 (It's on Twitter, so if you want to read the screencapped announcement, get in there quickly.)

Paul Levinson on Twitter

“Sad news about Greg Bear (see FB post from Astrid). Among the many wonderful encounters I had w/ Greg: when I reviewed the Foundation prequel trilogy he wrote w/ Benford and Brin, I said, surprisingly, Bear's novel was the best. He wrote back quickly: "Why are you surprised"?”

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Nov 19, 2022 at 7:42pmWeb
Show threadCharlie StrossNov 19, 2022
Just to say: I did not know Greg well, but we met a handful of times and did convention appearances/interviews more than once. He was a huge presence in the field of 80s/90s hard SF, one of the three "killer B's" (Bear, Benford, Brin) who erupted on the field at roughly the same time. He was only 71, which seems far too young for this.
Show threadRefurio AnachroNov 19, 2022

hard SF

Heh, a Twitter-friend once told me that only suckers talk about "hard SF" ;p

Anyways, hearing about Greg's passing makes me sad. Thanks for sharing!

@cstross

Show threadJulius FlywheelNov 19, 2022
@cstross Thanks Charlie. huge shoes to fill.
Show threadDave SwerskyNov 19, 2022
@cstross 😥
Show threadDermot CaseyNov 19, 2022
@cstross that's incredibly sad news. I remember first time reading Eon and being just in awe of his writing
Show threadRob CorneliusNov 19, 2022
@cstross Sad news. Greg Bear was one of the first "modern" sci fi writers I got into as opposed to people like Arthur C Clarke and Issac Asimov.
Show threaddraxilNov 19, 2022
@cstross Oh no, very sad loss to the world.
Show threadSpeakerToManagersNov 19, 2022
@cstross
That’s terrible. Greg was an excellent writer, who had a knack for taking the standard tropes of SFF and turning them on their heads to see what fell out of their pockets. I remember when I first read The Infinity Concerto and thought, “I recognize a lot of the pieces, but I’ve never seen them put together just this way.” We’ll not see his like again soon.
Show threadCharlie StrossNov 19, 2022
@SpeakerToManagers I notice how he often wrote two-fers: a first novel with an original idea, then a sequel that explored the second-order side-effects. (I've sometimes done that myself, too.)
Show threadcaticindNov 19, 2022
@cstross That is very sad news. I have a particular soft spot for his biological scifi Darwin's Radio.
Show threadnullwaveNov 19, 2022
@cstross time to reread The Forge of God and Anvil of Stars. Sad news about Greg. 😔
Show threadE. Drake KajiokaNov 19, 2022
@cstross so sad to hear this. :(
Show threadJohn ShirleyNov 19, 2022
@cstross Yes. Friend of mine. Great talent.
Show threadZombieRasputinNov 19, 2022
@cstross oh my gosh. This is so sad. He had a huge influence on what I read growing up.
Show threadJason JonesNov 19, 2022
@cstross That’s too bad. I haven’t read more than a fraction of his books but I’ve always enjoyed the ones I have. I’ve been thinking a lot about Blood Music lately. I guess I’m going to have to reread it now.
My sympathy goes out to all his family and friends.
Show threadSteinar BangNov 19, 2022

@cstross Sad news!

Many great books of his, in my bookshelves!

Show threadAndrew LinkeNov 19, 2022
@cstross thank you for sharing. Sadness and sympathies.
Show threadProf. G.Nov 19, 2022
@cstross -- Thanks for this. Awful news.
Show threadOldandCrankyNov 19, 2022
@cstross oh no!!!! One of my all time favorites!
Show threadIcarus Must BurnNov 19, 2022
@cstross very sad news and a great loss 😔
Show thread✭King✭Therapy✭Nov 20, 2022
@cstross
Damn. I knew Greg a bit, when I was a teen in San Diablo. He was a regular around Wahrenbrock's, the weird "Hobbit named" SF book shop on EL Cajon, and Jack Davis' Comic Kingdom.
One of our cool HS English teachers had him come by and talk to our class about what being a writer was like.
He was a sweet and generous man.
Show threadMelissa ScottNov 20, 2022
@cstross oh, damn. Very sorry to hear this.
Show threadKhunHappyNov 20, 2022
@cstross 😢
Show threadghoultralaserNov 20, 2022
@cstross aw damn