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Wilson "Bob" Tucker, 1914-2006

Science fiction fan and author Wilson Tucker died on Friday, October 6th, in a St. Petersburg, Florida hospital. He was a few weeks shy of his 92nd birthday.

His novel The Year of the Quiet Sun won the Campbell Award for Best Novel in 1976, and he was also the winner of a Hugo Award for fan writing in 1970, as well as two Retro-Hugos.

Posted by Andrew Wheeler on October 7, 2006 10:01 PM |

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