Moshe Feder just called to say that Hal Clement has died. We had dinner with Clement a few weeks ago at Albacon. He seemed in pretty good shape for his age.

Also, Greg Benford called. He said he's heard from Larry Niven, who had been evacuated because of the fires, that Niven house was intact, but that the whole area around it was black.

10/31/03, Gerald Jonas in the NYT: Harry Clement Stubbs, Writer of Classic Science Fiction, Dies at 81.