Greg Bear

[pogopossum]

I just read, on another forum, that Greg Bear died, following heart surgery and a series of strokes.
A friend received a message from Raymond Feist that Bear was on his last legs. Following up, he sent a message to Bear's spouse, Astrid, and learned from her, that following Bear's instructions, as he had no chance of recovery or even of waking up, she had turned off his ventilator and that he died yesterday.
Greg Bear. A great writer and editor.
8/20/1951-11/19/2022. R.I.P.

 

[pogopossum]

Here's a quick synopsis of his career.
LINK

 

[Venusian Broon]

Very sad, he was the cornerstone of my 1980s SF reading. Brilliant ideas and sharp SF, regularly blew my mind. Him and Iain M. Banks probably fired my own desire to write SF.

 

[BAYLOR]

A great writer . very sad news RIP .

 

[Vince W]

A talented writer. RIP.

 

[Rodders]

one of my favourite authors.

RIP Greg. You’ll be missed.

 

[BAYLOR]

A talented writer. RIP.

one of my favourite authors.

RIP Greg. You’ll be missed.

Eon , Blood Music , Infinity Concerto and more . He wrote some pretty amazing books and stories.

 

[Rodders]

Blood Music is still on my tbr pile. I’ve only ever heard good things about it.

The Forge of God is one of my favourites.

 

[BAYLOR]

Blood Music is still on my tbr pile. I’ve only ever heard good things about it.

The Forge of God is one of my favourites.

The Forge of God , that's one I haven read. Ive heard good things about it

 

[cyprus7]

This is a sad day for fans of Greg Bear's work. RIP.

 

[LordOfWizards]

Thank you Greg Bear for all of your hard work.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Terrific author and by all accounts a charming man. Blood Music deservedly remains an SF classic. RIP.

 

[Danny McG]

I've just this minute been on my Facebook, went to Greg's page, and clicked 'unfollow' because I know he'll never again pop up on my timeline with a new promotion or interesting snippet of news.

Farewell Greg, you will be missed.

 

[Vertigo]

Damn! I just heard about this when I spotted a blog from Alastair Reynolds about it on GoodReads. And last Friday I started his third book in the War Dogs trilogy, Take Back The Sky, which will be finished tonight! So I was mid way through what was, I think, his second to last book when he died. RIP.

I've probably read about half of his books and consider him one of the greats of hard SF. There were some that didn't work so well, but most were very good and some, like Blood Music, were quite exceptional. I might go back and read that one again now.

 

[Dave Vicks]

I liked Bears SLANT.

 

[Vertigo]

I liked Bears SLANT.

I liked Moving Mars and Slant from that series, but wasn't at all taken with the first one; Queen of Angels.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Queen of Angel's I read to.Wasnt Bear an Engineer?

 

[Vertigo]

Queen of Angel's I read to.Wasnt Bear an Engineer?

I don't believe so, though he was obviously very well read in engineering and science. I believe he has been a writer and artist for all his working life.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Maybe I am thinking of Larry Niven.

 

[Peter V]

Just heard today. Wrote some of my favourite SF.

Sad day. RIP Greg Bear