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Wednesday 27 August 2003
Here are several news items from the past few weeks, during Locus Online's partial hiatus (due to a move, the SoBig worm, etc.). For further details, see Locus Magazine, as well as news pages at SF Site and SFWA.
Death
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Artist Mike Hinge, who produced covers for Amazing and Analog in the 1970s, and whose other credits include a Time Magazine cover of Richard Nixon and Hirohito, died around August 7.
Injuries and Surgeries
- Locus columnist Edward Bryant underwent bypass heart surgery on August 11; details of his progress are posted at www.wormholebooks.com.
- Author and editor Robert Reginald suffered a heart attack on July 30, and is recovering in hospital. Cards and letters are welcome at P. O. Box 2845, San Bernardino, CA 92406.
- Artist Kelly Freas broke his hip on Friday, August 8, and underwent surgery on August 10. He is recuperating.
Awards
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards winners include Patricia A. McKillip and Michael Chabon.
- This year's Writers of the Future Grand Prize winner was Matthew Candelaria of Lawrence, Kansas, it was announced August 9th at the awards ceremony in Hollywood, CA.
Earlier August News
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