Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker, a Hugo Award-winning science-fiction novelist who also penned 11 mystery and detective novels between 1946 and 1971 (including The Chinese Doll, the first of five books featuring small-town Illinois P.I. Charles Horne), died on October 6 in a St. Petersburg, Florida, hospital. He was 91 years old.
According to Wikipedia, “Tucker was ... noted for using the names of fellow fans and other friends in his fiction, to the point where the literary term for doing so is now called tuckerization. Another term that Tucker originated, ‘space opera,’ is also in common use today.”
(Hat tip to The Gumshoe Site.)
READ MORE: SF Commentary magazine produced an entire Wilson Tucker issue, briming over with articles about his life and work. It can be read here.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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I've only read one of his books, YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN, but it was brilliant, and disturbing. By all accounts he was a great guy. Who knew he was still alive?
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