Gardner Dozois

Gardner Dozois

male, 61 years old
Worldcon Guest of Honor Science fiction editor science fiction writer Nebula Award winning author American editor
Gardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of "Asimov's Science Fiction" magazine from... More
Vernor Vinge

Vernor Vinge

male, 64 years old
Libertarian science fiction writer San Diego State University faculty Worldcon Guest of Honor Mathematics Educator Worldcon Guests of Honor Hugo Award
Vernor Steffen Vinge (born October 2, 1944 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA) is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer... More
John W. Campbell

John W. Campbell

male, deceased (1971)
Don A. Stuart Golden Age of Science Fiction Astounding Astounding Science Fiction science-fiction science fiction … Worldcon Guest of Honor
John Wood Campbell, Jr. (June 8,1910 - July 11,1971) was an important science-fiction writer and editor. As a writer he was first influential under... More
Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany

male, 66 years old (Harlem, United States)
Science fiction editor Worldcon Guest of Honor Philadelphia writer comics writer Erotica writer postmodernist
Samuel Ray Delany, Jr. is an award-winning American science fiction author. He has written works that have garnered substantial critical acclaim,... More
Bob Eggleton

Bob Eggleton

male, 48 years old
Horror fiction Worldcon Guest of Honor Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist Worldcon Guests of Honor 58th World Science Fiction Convention Greetings From Earth
Bob Eggleton (born September 13, 1960) is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist. Eggleton has been honored with the Hugo Award for Best... More
Stanley Schmidt

Stanley Schmidt

male, 64 years old
From Cincinnati science teacher Worldcon Guest of Honor physicist argonaut Heidelberg College
Stanley Albert Schmidt (March 7, 1944-) is an American science fiction author, and since 1978 has been the editor of the SF magazine "Analog... More
Jim Baen

Jim Baen

male, deceased (2006)
Worldcon Guest of Honor death by stroke American book editor Baen Books fantasy
James Patrick "Jim" Baen was a noted U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983 he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books,... More
Lee Hoffman

Lee Hoffman

female, deceased (2007)
death by myocardial infarction Worldcon Guest of Honor romance romance novel Worldcon Guests of Honor american folk music
Lee Hoffman, born Shirley Bell Hoffman, (1932, Chicago, Illinois - February 6, 2007, Port Charlotte, Florida) was an American author of science... More
Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison

male, 74 years old
Hugo Award Star Trek The Original Series copyright infringement Anthology television series Anthology series science fiction convention … Worldcon Guest of Honor
Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. His literary and television... More
David Brin

David Brin

male, 58 years old
Libertarian Hugo Award Worldcon Guest of Honor Glen David Brin transhumanist Short story writer
Glen David Brin, Ph.D. (October 6, 1950) is a well-known American author of science fiction. He is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.... More