Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Charles Sheffield

Born: June 25, 1935
Died: November 2, 2002 (aged 67)
Bio: Charles Sheffield was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society.
Known for:
- Cold as Ice (1992)
- Summertide (1990)
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1997)
- Nimrod Hunt (1986)
- The Web Between the Worlds (1979)