Joe Haldeman named as the SFWA's 2010 Grand Master

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Joe Haldeman named as the SFWA's 2010 Grand Master

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http://www.sfwa.org/2009/12/joe-haldema ... nd-master/

Personally I love the guy's books. Even his stinkers have stuck with me for months after I finished them. Who doesn't love a guy who names the planet where dissident humans live "Middle Finger?"
Something is about to happen, Hal. Something wonderful!

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Re: Joe Haldeman named as the SFWA's 2010 Grand Master

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I miss a name though:

Haldeman is the 27th writer recognized by SFWA as a Grand Master.

He joins Robert A. Heinlein (1974),
Jack Williamson (1975),
Clifford D. Simak (1976),
L. Sprague de Camp (1978),
Fritz Leiber (1981),
Andre Norton(1983),
Arthur C. Clarke (1985),
Isaac Asimov (1986),
Alfred Bester (1987),
Ray Bradbury (1988),
Lester del Rey (1990),
Frederik Pohl (1992),
Damon Knight (1994),
A. E. van Vogt (1995),
Jack Vance (1996),
Poul Anderson (1997),
Hal Clement (1998),
Brian Aldiss (1999),
Philip Jose Farmer (2000),
Ursula K. Le Guin (2003),
Robert Silverberg (2004),
Anne McCaffrey (2005),
Harlan Ellison (2006),
James Gunn (2007),
Michael Moorcock (2008)
and Harry Harrison (2009)
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Cool, I've only read two of his books so far, but I loved both of them, and look forward to the rest.
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Thus far, I have only read a single novella by him, and I didn't much care for it. I mean to read THe Forever War one of these days. I also picked up one of his books at a library sale last summer, I think it's called Camoflage, so I'll give that a try too. You know, when I find time, which seems harder and harder to do these days.
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I read Camoflage. It won a Tiptree and a Nebula. Can't figure out why it won either, but it was decent. Forever War is realy good. Is the novella you read The Hemmingway Hoax?
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Omphalos wrote:Is the novella you read The Hemmingway Hoax?
No. Oh hell, I can't remember the title..... I mentioned it once before and you said you liked it. Something about a group of artists on a far-future ravaged Earth.
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Liege-Killer wrote:
Omphalos wrote:Is the novella you read The Hemmingway Hoax?
No. Oh hell, I can't remember the title..... I mentioned it once before and you said you liked it. Something about a group of artists on a far-future ravaged Earth.
For White Hill. Loved that one actually. Ive read it several times. Its in Dozois' 13th Year's Best.
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