Norman Spinrad needs your good wishes

Cory Doctorow 9:59 am Wed May 19, 2010

Dan sez, "My friend/hero Norman Spinrad, one of the great writers of science fiction, is very ill, undergoing treatment for stomach cancer at the Sloan-Kettering Center in New York. He's going into surgery tomorrow (in Norman's own words)and I'm hoping some internet-magic would bring him lots of good energy, appreciations, well-wishes and thanks during this scary time. Norman is a science fiction legend, president of the SFWA in the 80s, author of the original Star Trek episode 'The Doomsday Machine' and has never, ever stopped writing. His most recent novel, He Walked Among Us was published by Tor Books just two months ago."

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