Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:30:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Only the good die young?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

There were two SF-related deaths yesterday.  No, neither one was an
author or a fan (as far as I know).  But one was a ground-breaking
controversial film-maker whose movie scenes inspired similar scenes
in numerous later SF and fantasy movies made all over the world.

The other was an inventor whose Device inspired more SF books, short
stories, movies, TV mini-series, etc., than any other single invention
ever.

Both were quite elderly.  Both had done their best work in the 1930s
and 1940s.  Both were hated by millions of people.  Both were admired
by millions of people.  Both lived lives more remarkable than most
fictional characters.
--
Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - http://keithlynch.net/
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