Charlie StrossNov 19, 2022

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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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.
Nov 20, 2022 at 12:14amWeb