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        _The Arthur C. Clarke Award_ is now open to 2024 submissions (UK   
   publications only).   
      
   SATIRE DEPT. A wicked claim that US politician J.D. Vance 'is turning the   
   stories he has created on the campaign trail into a sci-fi trilogy. /   
   Called "Wokemare", the books depict "a dystopia ruled by a liberal elite,   
   where the human race faces extinction because women have selfishly chosen   
   to have careers," Vance said. "It's up to a federation of brave tech   
   founders to reestablish order."' (_The Borowitz Report_, 17 September) [GG]   
      
   TONGUESLIP. 'New cases of blue tongue have been identified in Norfolk ...   
   the disease, which is spread by midgets ...' (BBC1, _Look East_) [PE]   
      
   R.I.P. _John Ashton_ (1948-2024), US actor whose genre credits include   
   _King Kong Lives_ (1986) and _Reign of the Gargoyles_ (2007), died on 26   
   September aged 76.   
        _Franca Bettoia_ (1936-2024), Italian actress who co-starred in _The   
   Last Man on Earth_ (1964), died on 13 September aged 88. [SJ]   
        _John Cassaday_ (1971-2024), award-winning US comics artist and writer   
   who worked for DC (_Planetary_, _Superman/Batman_) and Marvel (_Astonishing   
   X-Men_, _Captain America_, _Star Wars_), died on 9 September aged 52. [SH]   
        _Kenneth Cope_ (1931-2024), UK actor in _X the Unknown_ (1956), _The   
   Damned_ (1962), _Night of the Big Heat_ (1967) and _Randall and Hopkirk   
   (Deceased)_ (1969-1971, as the ghostly Hopkirk), died on 11 September aged   
   93. [SJ]   
        _Kathryn Grant Crosby_ (1933-2024), widow of Bing and actress in _The   
   Night the World Exploded_ (1957), _The 7th Voyage of Sinbad_ (1958), _1001   
   Arabian Nights_ (1959) and _The Initiation of Sarah_ (1978), died on 20   
   September aged 90. [LP]   
        _David 'Gryphon' Curry_, UK fan who was a stalwart of Eastercons and   
   Redemptions, died on 26 September. [NW]   
        _James Darren_ (1936-2024), US actor in _Hey There, It's Yogi Bear_   
   (1964), _The Time Tunnel_ (1966-1967), _City Beneath the Sea_ (1971) and   
   _Star Trek: DS9_ (1998-1999), died on 26 August aged 88. [LP]   
        _David Stuart Davies_ (1946-2024), UK Sherlock Holmes expert who   
   published much nonfiction and fiction about Holmes -- pitting him against   
   Dracula in _The Tangled Skein_ (1995) and the Giant Rat of Sumatra in _The   
   Shadow of the Rat_ (1999) -- and edited _Return from the Dead_ (2006) plus   
   other supernatural anthologies, died on 16 August aged 78. [SH]   
        _Nelson DeMille_ (1943-2024), often uncredited US author of   
   technothrillers with Thomas H. Block -- the most science-fictional being   
   _Orbit_ (1982) and _Airship Nine_ (1984) -- died on 17 September aged 81.   
   [PS-P]   
        _Pierre-William Glenn_ (1943-2024), French cinematographer for _Death   
   Watch_ (1980) and _The Prize of Peril_ (1983), died on 24 September aged   
   80. [SJ]   
        _David Graham_ (1925-2024), UK actor best known for voice work in   
   Gerry/Sylvia Anderson puppet series -- _Four Feather Falls_ (1960),   
   _Supercar_ (1961-1962), _Fireball XL5_ (1962-1963), _Stingray_ (1964-1965)   
   and _Thunderbirds_ (1965-1966 plus spinoffs), died on September aged 99.   
   Other credits include _Timeslip_ (1970-1971), _Doctor Who_ (1973-1979) and   
   _Peppa Pig_ (2004-2021). [CM]   
        _Taylor Grant_ (1970-2024), US horror author active since 2011, whose   
   first collection was _The Dark at the End of the Tunnel_ (2015), died on 12   
   September aged 54. [SJ]   
        _Andrew C. Greenberg_ (1957-2024), US game designer who co-created the   
   early role-playing videogame _Wizardry_ (1981 plus sequels) -- featuring   
   the evil wizard Werdna -- died on 28 August aged 67. [MR]   
        _Frank Griffin_ (1929-2024), US actor in _The Giant Claw_ (1957) and   
   makeup artist for _Westworld_ (1973), _Demon Seed_ (1977), _Peggy Sue Got   
   Married_ (1986) and many more, died on 4 September aged 95. [SJ]   
        _Geoffrey Hinsliff_ (1937-2024), UK _Coronation Street_ actor also   
   seen in _Doctor Who_ (1977, 1979) and _Jackanory_ (1980), died on 18   
   September. [CM]   
        _Fredric Jameson_ (1934-2024), US academic critic who wrote   
   extensively about sf, notably in _Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire   
   Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions_ (2005), died on 22 September aged   
   90. He received the SFRA Pilgrim Award in 2006.   
        _Peter Jay_ (1937-2024), UK author with Michael Stewart of the sf   
   novel _Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy,   
   1989-2000_ (1987), died on 24 September aged 87. [JC]   
        _James Earl Jones_ (1931-2024), EGOT-winning US actor who famously   
   voiced Darth Vader in _Star Wars_ (1977) and many franchise spinoffs, died   
   on 9 September aged 93. Genre films in his long career include _Dr   
   Strangelove_ (1964), _Conan the Barbarian_ (1982), _Field of Dreams_   
   (1989), _The Lion King_ (1994 plus sequels) and _Robots_ (2005).   
        _Dmitry Krinari_ (1959-2024), award-winning Russian fan artist and   
   event organizer, died on 31 August. [AM]   
        _Kris Kristofferson_ (1936-2024), US musician and actor in   
   _Millennium_ (1989), _Blade_ (1998 plus sequels) and _Planet of the Apes_   
   (2001), died on 28 September aged 88. [LP]   
        _Nigel Lambert_ (1944-2024), UK voice actor in _Doctor Who_ (several   
   episodes 1980-2001) and _The Adventures of Paddington Bear_ (39 episodes   
   1997-2000), died in September aged 80.   
        _Lee Hoi-sang_ (1941-2024), Hong Kong martial-arts film actor in _The   
   Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires_ (1974, uncredited), _Demon of the Lute_   
   (1983), _The Ghost Informer_ (1984) and others, died on 9 September aged   
   83. [SJ]   
        _Holly Lisle_ (1960-2024), US author of some 30 genre novels, whose   
   debut fantasy _Fire in the Mist_ (1992) won a Compton Crook Award and   
   opened a trilogy, died on 27 August aged 63. [F770]   
        _Chad McQueen_ (1960-2024), US actor -- son of Steve -- in _Death   
   Ring_ (1992), _Firepower_ (1993) and _Possessed by the Night_ (1994), died   
   on 11 September aged 63. [SJ]   
        _Roman Madyanov_ (1962-2024), Russian actor in the Bulgakov film   
   adaptation _Rokovyie yaytsa_ (_The Fatal Eggs_, 1996) died on 25 September   
   aged 62. [AM]   
        _Bernie Mireault_ (1961-2024), Canadian comics artist known for work   
   on _Grendel_, _Madman_ and his own creations _The Jam_ and _Dr. Robot_ --   
   also a noted Gaiman-scripted Riddler story -- committed suicide on 2   
   September aged 63. [SH]   
        _Karl Moline_ (1973-2024), US comics artist who worked on _Buffy the   
   Vampire Slayer_ for Dark Horse and co-created the spinoff _Fray_ with Joss   
   Whedon, died on 11 September aged 51. [SH]   
        _Obi Ndefo_ (1972-2024), US actor in _Stargate SG-1_ (2000-2005),   
   other genre tv series, and _Vampires in Venice_ (2013), died on 31 August   
   aged 51. [SJ]   
        _John Nielsen-Hall_, UK fan active in the late 1960s (publishing   
   _Zine_ 1969-1970) and 1970s, when he was part of London Ratfandom, and   
   again from the 1990s (in email lists and publishing _Motorway Dreamer_   
   2005-2012, plus others), died on 8 September. [LK] 'Uncle Johnny' was a   
   good man and I'll miss him. A memorial collection of his fanzine writing is   
   in preparation.   
        _Leonid Okunev_ (1949-2024), Russian actor who starred in the urban   
   fantasy film _Patrioticheskaya komediya_ (_Patriotic Comedy_, 1992), died   
   on 8 September aged 75. [AM]   
        _Heather Osborne_ (1981-2024), Canadian author active from 2008, whose   
   one novel was the fantasy _Songbroken_ (2002), died all too young on 20   
   September aged 43. [RJS]   
        _Graham Rawle_ (1955-2024), UK collage artist whose surreal 'Lost   
   Consonants' series appeared in the _Guardian_ 1990-2005 and who won awards   
      
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