The Notable Death Thread

[CatrionaGrace]

Ann Godoff, president and editor-in-chief of Penguin Press, age 76.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Neil Sedaka, dies at 86

 

[Louanne Learning]

 

[Set2Stun]

Dan Simmons died of a stroke last week at the age of 77.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Dan Simmons died of a stroke last week at the age of 77.

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Maybe I'll give Hyperion another try. So far I've never been able to get past the first chapter.

 

[Set2Stun]

Maybe I'll give Hyperion another try. So far I've never been able to get past the first chapter.

I loved Hyperion; just read it for the first time maybe 2 years ago or so. My only issue with it was that the chapters are soooo loooong. Like a couple of them are literally 100+ pages, so sometimes you just gotta put the bookmark in without there being a natural break in the narrative.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Country Joe McDonald, (January 1, 1942 – March 7, 2026) - of the 1960s band "Country Joe and the Fish" - most famous for his Vietnam war protest song, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" - played in the video at Woodstock '69

 

[Louanne Learning]

"Country Joe and the Fish"

here's another song by the band. quite psychedelic

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Alas, Country Joe.