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Ray Bradbury
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I have been a fan of Science Fiction since I was a pre-teen. I started with the youth fiction of Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. Once I graduated to reading Bradbury, Science Fiction became part of who I was. Over the years, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Alfred Bester, Harlan Ellison, and a myriad other writers sparked my imagination.

I worked for 30 years in the computer industry as a programmer and in quality assurance. Most of that time was spent in the Paleolithic ages of data processing. This was when computers were million-dollar behemoths with slow processing speeds and a terabyte of data required the floor of an office building to store it. I saw the advent of display terminals, performance monitoring, and computer generated ...more

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Dr. Jonathan Kroll

My nephew, Jonathan Kroll, died this past week. His passing seems so surreal. He was so young (only 36) and had just gotten married. He died from a rare form of cancer. If you would like to know more or would like to help, I have set up a small web page at http://www.ckart.com/rich/jonkroll.html.

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Child of Fire, Child of Ice (The Waljan Chronicles #1)

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“I'm not fond of immutable villains in stories. Most people try to do what they think is right or just, and that's what brings into this world the majority of its monsters.”
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