Master science fiction writer Poul Anderson, winner of three Nebula Awards and seven Hugo Awards, has died of complications related to prostate cancer. His writing, according to fellow science fiction author Harlan Ellison "was so lucidly written and so vibrant -- it was electric writing." Anderson's futuristic tales of human courage included The Boat of a Million Years and The Enemy Stars. He published his first story in 1947 while attending the University of Minnesota, and eventually settled in the San Francisco Bay area. Though he wrote of technologically advanced civilizations, Anderson himself preferred the basics when constructing his stories. "He used a typewriter up until last fall, always being too busy on the next story to learn how to use computers," his wife Karen said.
Passage, Poul Anderson, 74
Master science fiction writer Poul Anderson, winner of three Nebula Awards and seven Hugo Awards, has died of complications related to prostate cancer. His writing, according to fellow science fiction author Harlan Ellison "was so lucidly written and so vibrant -- it was electric writing." Anderson's futuristic tales of human courage included The Boat of a Million Years and The Enemy Stars. He published his first story in 1947 while attending the University of Minnesota, and eventually settled in the San Francisco Bay area. Though he wrote of technologically advanced civilizations, Anderson himself preferred the basics when constructing his stories. "He used a typewriter up until last fall, always being too busy on the next story to learn how to use computers," his wife Karen said.
