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Longtime fan Jack Speer passed away early in the morning June 28, 2008. A member of First Fandom (FF), he was inducted in the FF Hall of Fame in 1995 and was the FGoH (fan guest of honor) at the 2004 Worldcon.
He died as approximately 3 a.m. Saturday morning in his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, [...]

Although he is best known as a stand-up comedian and his infamous list of words one can never say on TV, George Carlin, who died at age 71 Sunday, also left a mark among science fiction and fantasy fans.
From 1979’s Americathon film of alternate history to roles in Kevin Smith’s Dogma or Disney/Pixar’s Cars, Carlin used [...]