Origami Unicorn

Martin Gardner, 1915-2010

Informative. Fun. Will be missed. The Guardian gives some of the reasons why.

Frank Frazetta, 82

After a long illness, dead at 82, Frank Frazetta. The New York Times reports.

George H. Scithers 1929-2010

George H. Scithers, editor and author, suffered a heart attack while hospitalized for foot surgery and was revived, but died two days later.

An Interview with Michael Chabon

The Guardian has an interesting interview with Michael Chabon, in support of, among other things, the pleasures of reading novels.

Robert T. McCall, 90

From the iconic poster for 2001 to the giant mural at the National Air and Space museum, Robert T. McCall shaped the way we see the space age. The New York Times has his obituary.

Christopher Anvil, 1925-2009

Harry C. Crosby, best known by his pen name of Christopher Anvil, died at home. Seven of the eight volumes of his collected works have been published by Baen. Anvil specialized in the types of fiction preferred by editor John Campbell, in which humans triumphed by means of intellect and will-power.

Sigourney Weaver Interviewed

A snippet from a longer interview by the Guardian, covering Alien, Avatar, and Weaver's hopes for her career, among other topics.

Robert Holdstock 1948-2009

Robert Holdstock died November 29, 2009 from the complications of an E.coli infection. Holdstock won a number of awards for his fiction, most of which had horrific and mythic elements. His most recent book, Avilion, a direct sequel to Mythago Wood, appeared in July 2009.

Don Ivan Punchatz, 1936-2009

Noted and versatile artist Don Ivan Punchatz died October 22, after suffering a cardiac arrest on October 11.

Aldous Huxley Interviewed

It's an old interview, of course, but notice how many of the concerns remain current, while others sound distinctly quaint.

And the rest of the interview.