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Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Speaking of kids, the defining scene of General Morpugo had me in tears. It's not often a book breaks me down like that, but there we are.

Usually it's Weintraub's story that does it for folk, but not for me.