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RIP Ursula Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers of all time, sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 88. Her writing career spans six decades, from 1959 right up until ...
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RIP: Adam West, star of Batman
Adam West, star of the 1960 Batman TV series has passed away at the age of 88.
A well-recognised actor who struggled to find regular employment after Batman, West never allowed his shortcomings as an ...
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RIP Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Pournelle, the first author to write a novel on a computer, passed away September 8th, at the age of 84.
He has a long list of science fiction novels, and he has his own tag here on SFF: jerry-...
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Alberto Uderzo RIP: fantasy (Getafix and his magic potion) and laughter were his gifts
I read in the news today that at the age of 92, Alberto Uderzo passed away from a heart attack. He and René Goscinny brought us Astérix and Obélix, those zany and funny Gauls, and a variety of Roman ...
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What's next for chat
The Story So Far (tm):
The main chat for Sci-fi and Fantasy, Mos Eisley, has been slowly creeping out of line with the standard expected of all Stack Exchange chat rooms. This has meant that it has ...
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RIP Terry Jones
Terry Jones - actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, and director - has died just short of his 78th birthday. He was of course most famous for his work as part of Monty Python, starring in roles such ...
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RIP, Grant Imahara
Unfortunately, this is not a myth to be busted, Grant Imahara has passed away today at 49 years old (reportedly from a brain aneurysm).
Grant was best known for his role on the Discovery Channel's ...
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Hailing frequencies closed: RIP Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek's Uhura)
Nichelle Nichols, best known for playing Nyota Uhura (most commonly just "Uhura") on Star Trek: The Original Series, has passed away at age 89.
In a message posted to Facebook, her son ...
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Please avoid trivial edits during Winter Bash
We all love the hats,* and we covet the fashionable scarf of the Timey Wimey hat.
But please, make edits that you would be proud of during the rest of the year. Edits should be, as always, either ...
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RIP - Kit Berry
I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Kit Berry (Kirsten Espensen), author of the wonderful fantasy series of Stonewylde. Gollancz publishers noted her passing in a post dated 1 November 2021,...
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RIP Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan was an Indian actor who left us today. With no backing, he climbed the success stairs based on raw talent. From a memorable supporting role in the Indian fantasy series Chandrakanta to a ...
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RIP Rutger Hauer, actor for Roy Batty
Variety reports that Rutger Hauer, actor in Sin City, Batman Begins, True Blood, and other sci-fi and horror films, has died at 75.
He will perhaps be best remembered for his role in Blade Runner as ...
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Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog on ST:DS9, died today at age 50
Aron Eisenberg, known to SFF fans for his recurring role as the Ferengi Nog in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, died today at the age of 50. The cause of death has not been revealed.
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RIP Gene Wolfe, 1931–2019
The prolific science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe is dead at 87.
He is probably best known for the "dying Earth" tetralogy The Book of the New Sun and the rest of the Solar Cycle, but his ...
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Let's take a moment to congratulate some exceptional users
First off let me say that I am aware that this post is quite late coming but we can all blame our resident moderator Rand al'Thor for that; he has taken longer to get to 100k than I thought. Anyway ...
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Why was this flag (about a post containing religious slurs and anti-semitic content) declined by a moderator?
I spotted this gem of an answer to the question 'What do the symbols on the mummy's face mean?'
Highlights include;
Looks like the heretical language of Enochian (which has zero to do with ...
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RIP Priscilla Tolkien
Priscilla Tolkien, last surviving child of JRR Tolkien, has died at the age of 92.
The news comes from Lady Margaret Hall college in Oxford:
The college announces with regret the death of Priscilla ...
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RIP Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange
Comics artist Steve Ditko has sadly passed away. He began work as a comic inker in 1953 alongside Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and worked for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics before retiring from ...
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Retiring as room owner
I am writing this post to announce that I am retiring as a room owner of our SFF chat room.
The reason is simple: I haven't been active in chat for the last 10 months or so. As some of you know, ...
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Rest in peace, Robbie Coltrane, you were magical for us!
Robbie Coltrane, probably best known for his performance as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series, has passed away.
Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has ...
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Richard Herd (V mini-series, Star Trek, SeaQuest 2032, etc.)
Veteran character actor Richard Herd passed away in May at the age of 87. He played a wide range of roles both in and out of the sci-fi genre. Some of his more memorable science fiction ...
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RIP Verne Troyer, star of Austin Powers
Verne Troyer, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, has died at the age of 49. In addition to his iconic role, he also portrayed the original Griphook in Harry Potter and the ...
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Resigning as Mos Eisley room owner
Well, it'll always be Mos Eisley to me, seeing as I chatted there from 2012 to 2017. Old habits are hard to break!
I am resigning as Room Owner of the current SFF chatroom -- it's just not the same.
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Gorilla vs. Shark - a Longer Explanation
An issues that has come up recently, that seems to recur every so often, is the question of what constitutes a "Gorilla vs. Shark" question on SF&F. We know such questions are off-topic, ...
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Futurama Week + Q&A Event on July 11th!
SciFi.SE has partnered with Comedy Central to promote Futurama's upcoming season. We're declaring Futurama the topic of the week for the next week and, after that, we're launching a special Futurama ...
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Scifi Stack Exchange is now "Science Fiction & Fantasy"
ANNOUNCEMENT:
This site has been officially renamed "Science Fiction and Fantasy". While both subjects were generally considered on topic, the fantasy genre is now explicitly integrated into this ...
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RIP Cliff Simon (Stargate SG1 Ba'al)
Cliff Simon was best known in sci-fi circles as the Goa'uld System Lord Ba'al in Stargate SG1. He died in a kiteboarding accident
"He was known to most of you on this page as the villain you ...
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RIP William Morgan Sheppard: Star Trek, Babylon 5, Doctor Who, Max Headroom, many more
Genre actor W. Morgan Sheppard, veteran of several franchises, died yesterday. Just some of his better known genre roles:
Ira Graves (Data's grandpa), TNG: "The Schizoid Man"
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RIP Unshô Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor for Professor Oak, Jet Black, and Joseph Joestar
Unshô Ishizuka passed away on August 13, 2018. He was a prolific Japanese voice actor who voiced many popular characters in anime such as Professor Oak (Pokémon), Jet Black (Cowboy Beebop), and Joseph ...
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RIP - Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell is dead at 85 from natural causes.
Dean Stockwell, the award-winning actor who was best known for playing Admiral "Al" Calavicci on the popular sci-fi series Quantum Leap, ...
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RIP Terry Goodkind
Fantasy author Terry Goodkind, known for his long-running The Sword of Truth series, has died at the age of 72. His agent confirmed his passing to Tor Books and Tor.com.
Quoted from Tor Books website
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RIP Dennis “Denny” O’Neil
Dennis O'Neil, an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his ...
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Let's take a moment to congratulate some user milestones
Not too long ago I made a couple of posts congratulating some of our highest reputation users hitting some of the big milestones. Recently I've noticed a handful of users have reached some lower but ...
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In Memoriam: Len Wein (1948-2017)
September 10th was marked by the passing of Len Wein, the comic book writer known for his work on Swamp Thing and Wolverine (the two he co-created with various artists), and other things.
Although I ...
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And the Best New User of 2020 is
As a way to celebrate the New Year and lasting contributions to the site by new users I am continuing this honorary post based on a simple premise...
The user with the highest rank in the yearly ...
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D.C Fontana, famed Star Trek writer, passed away on December 2nd
Star Trek wouldn't be Star Trek without her. She wrote many of the best episodes, helped develop the universe and gave us that series that we have loved for decades now.
More information on Startrek....
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Fill the empty tag excerpts
Tag excerpts are very useful. They provide a brief “elevator pitch” for a tag, explaining the meaning for those unfamiliar with a series. At least as important, excerpts and wikis can also help ...
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And the Best New User of 2021 is
As a way to celebrate the New Year and lasting contributions to the site by new users I am continuing this honorary post based on a simple premise...
The user with the highest rank in the yearly ...
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RIP Yaphet Kotto (Alien, The Running Man, etc.)
Yaphet Kotto died on March 15, 2021 at the age of 81. A perennial supporting actor, Kotto had multiple prominent sci-fi/genre roles, including Parker in Alien and the video game spin-off Alien: ...
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Remember that time when we had more Star Wars questions than Harry Potter questions?
Did you know that between 2016-12-23 and 2017-07-05, Science Fiction & Fantasy SE had more Star Wars questions than Harry Potter questions? We can thank this to the popularity of the Disney Star ...
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RIP Harry Dean Stanton
Noted character actor Harry Dean Stanton has died at the age of 91.
In a career spanning more than 60 years, he starred in a number of hit science-fiction and fantasy films including Alien, The ...
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RIP George A. Romero
George A Romero, best known for his seminal Night of the Living Dead film series has died after a brief battle with lung cancer.
His work has had an incalculable influence on modern movie-making and ...
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Are you interested in writing for the Blog?
You have to go back 13 entries on the blog to find something that wasn't written by me. I'd really like to see more participation from users submitting stuff for the blog.
Some ideas (but not limited ...
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Why was this question closed as "General reference"?
This question was closed - by a unilateral moderator vote - as "General Reference".
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/12900/what-is-the-origin-and-scope-of-term-legendarium
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RIP Colin Cantwell
Concept artist Colin Cantwell has passed away at the age of 90. Cantwell contributed to films including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and WarGames, and also wrote two sci-...
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Peter Mark Richman (Star Trek, Twilight Zone, many, many others), RIP
Character actor Mark Peter Richman passed away January 21, 2021 at the age of 93.
In the sci-fi and fantasy genres, he's probably best remembered as the brusque but cagey Ralph Offenhouse in the Star ...
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RIP Richard Hatch
I am sad to report that Richard Hatch, most famous for playing Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica, Tom Zarek in the rebooted series (as well as co-authoring a highly successful series ...
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How much does the Winter Bash skew SF&F Site stats?
It seems the Winter Bash encourages frivolous activities on a site that is serious, or fairly serious for the rest of the year. How do Winter Bash statistics compare to and impact the SF&F years ...
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RIP actress Kirstie Alley
Kirstie Alley, known for many roles including Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, has passed away from cancer. She was 71.
Alley's children, True and Lillie Parker, announced the actress had ...
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RIP: Hugh Keays-Byrne (Toecutter + Immortan Joe)
Hugh Keays-Byrne, who played the role of Toecutter AND Immortan Joe from the Mad Max series (36 years apart!) has passed away on the 1st of December, 2020.
Tributes are flowing in.
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