Gordon Rupert Dickson was born November 1, 1923, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In 1937, after his father’s death, he moved with his mother to the USA, specifically in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Eventually, he became an American citizen. During his long career he wrote a lot of novels and short fiction. He’s famous especially for the science fiction Childe cycle, also known as the Dorsai series, and the fantasy Dragon Knight series.
Walter Jon Williams was born on October 15, 1953, in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He wrote novels of several genres, mainly science fiction and fantasy. His most famous novel is “Aristoi”. Walter Jon Williams has widely proven he’s an eclectic writer capable of handling himself among different genres and mixing elements from different genres. We can therefore expect more surprises in the contents of its forthcoming works.
The grand master of science fiction Frederik Pohl died yesterday. During his very long career he wrote a lot of novels and short fiction winning all the awards in the field of science fiction. He collaborated with other colleagues such as Jack Williamson and Cyril M. Kornbluth (“The Space Merchants”), also published famous novels on his own such as the Heechee series.
