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RIP to a real one. Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Kirk@startrek.website to c/quarks@startrek.website

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[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dude was a right wing racist homophobic lunatic to the very end. "A real one" as in piece of shit

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you Internet for ruining everything I've ever enjoyed

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

I mean you can like the Canterbury Tales in Space, and now you don't even have to worry about him benefiting from the sale! Everyone wins!

[–] geekwithsoul@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Source?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

https://www.npr.org/2011/07/28/137621172/one-rant-too-many-politics-mar-simmons-dystopia

Crazy, right? That some dude obsessed with Jesus metaphors, space Catholicism, social "degeneration," and how Empire is Good, actually, as long as it doesnt do any of that pesky welfare would be a conservative phobe?

Idk Hyperion was good though. Well, I thought it was just okay, but I see why people liked it.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago

Lol, that makes a lot of sense.