Urk. Okay, a random guess: Alan Adler
I also have to say, dayum. Those science fiction writers live a long freaking time. My husband suggested a couple of names of oldtimers, and they are all still alive. One was 98 years old.
It’s sad when you look someone up and are disappointed to find that they are still alive.
No.
Is he in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame ?
Did he write God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater?
I read that in an English-Fiction course (one novel-per week, with a test on mundane events and phrases), (AARGH) and thought that the frontispiece (?) of which had one of the best lines in English Lit.
Its main character, Eliot Rosewater, President of the Rosewater Foundation, says,
“The Second World War was over–and there I was at high noon, crossing Times Square with a Purple Heart on.”
Og Bless You, Kurt V.
No, to my personal surprise.
No.
Damn.
I think I am officially stumped.
Riduculously easy hint: his name is most famously linked to another Jewish man, who also died 10 to 20 years ago, also older than 65 years of age at the time.
Robert Bloch?
No, but that’s a good guess.
Was this Dead Guy in the Envelope gay?
Unless he was very deeply closeted, no.
Was he better known for his short stories or novels?
Kurt Vonnegut is not dead yet. Certainly not dead 10-20 years ago.
That’s not a “yes or no” question.
Just tell us already…
=Sigh= :rolleyes: OK, then. Was he best known for his short stories?
Another tack:
Does his last name begin with the letter A though M (inclusive)?
Brian
To the next player if we ever finish this, PLEASE don’t pick someone so (apparently) obscure!
No.
No.
His name would be instantly familiar to, I’m sure, most of the regulars in Café Society. The characters he created are likely familiar to all SDMB members.
Last hint, and if it’s not solved (or at least leaning in that direction) by the end of Wednesday, I’ll reveal the answer: his associate, mentioned in post #168, was Canadian.