Unanswered Questions
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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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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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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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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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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.
I personally loved ...
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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 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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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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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 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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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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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 ...
