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NEWS: Sci-fi Novelist Hiroshi Yamamoto Dies at 68




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Thespacemaster



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:58 am Reply with quote
Alright tell me it is not just me but is everyone of these people dying exactly at 68 a little to coincidental?
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:19 am Reply with quote
RIP Yamamoto-san.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:30 am Reply with quote
I was just reading about Yamamoto in the last few week. I suddenly had a surge of interest in Lodoss War for no reason after a decade or so. Yamamoto basically created Deedlit. His works have inspired truly countless people over the decades. Such sad news to see. RIP
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Smongo



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:48 am Reply with quote
RIP
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mrmoviemanic1



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:45 am Reply with quote
R.I.P Sir, I hope you enjoyed life and know that you will always be loved. Go be with your passed loved ones.
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vanfanel



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:08 am Reply with quote
Sad to hear that another one's been taken way too soon. He was a talented author with a great imagination.

If you find yourself enjoying Kaiju #8 when the anime debuts next week, you might also have fun with Yamamoto's MM9 books. It's another series that looks at kaiju attacks through a lens of disaster management (the MM stands for "Monster Magnitude"), and it was plain to see that he put a lot of thought into coming up with "plausible" scientific explanations for all kinds of Showa-era kaiju silliness.

He will be missed.
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