I just learned that Hogan, the sf
author who had the greatest and most lasting influence on me as a
teenager, passed away July 12th at the age of 69.
He went seriously nuts in the last ten years or so of his life, turning
his back on the sound scientific principles he'd filled his prior work
with... but I choose to remember the sane Hogan, who with works such as Inherit
the Stars and Code of the Lifemaker taught me to respect the
scientific method and be wary of cranks and scientific fraud.
I hope there's good psychiatric care on the Other Side, whatever it may
be. Farewell, Mr. Hogan, you'll be missed.
--Sam
"Last night I almost had a lucid moment."