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        | Gerry Turnbull Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 25 February 2009 at 1:24pm | IP Logged | 1 |  |  
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 |  just read that he died this morning. i loved his books ! | 
       
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        | John Byrne 
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          Off to the Riverworld. . . .
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        | Brian Floyd Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 25 February 2009 at 1:54pm | IP Logged | 3 |  |  
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 |  Just pulled my copy of Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life down off the bookshelf last night. (A book I highly recommend, by the way) RIP   | 
       
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        | Jesus Garcia Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 25 February 2009 at 2:06pm | IP Logged | 4 |  |  
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 |  Well put, JB. Farmer elegantly wrote about Extraordinary Gentlemen mixing before Moore even gave it a thought. | 
       
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        | Pedro Cruz Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 25 February 2009 at 2:17pm | IP Logged | 5 |  |  
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 |  RIP  The Riverworld books are some of my all-time favorites. | 
       
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        | Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 25 February 2009 at 2:54pm | IP Logged | 6 |  |  
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 |  RIP   | 
       
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        | Chris Back Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          My Dad's favorite.  RIP
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        | Paul Kimball Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Just re-read one of his books. RIP
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        | Rick Senger Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 25 February 2009 at 5:06pm | IP Logged | 9 |  |  
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 |  Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life ***** Yeah... loved that one... RIP PJF | 
       
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        | Howard Mackie Byrne Robotics Security
 
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 |  I am a fan of much of his work. Though, honestly, I thought he was already dead.  H | 
       
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        | Andrew Hess Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          RIP
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        | Michael Tortorice Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          RIP
           | Posted: 25 February 2009 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | 12 |  |  
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 He didn't really die, you know. He'll just re-emerge farther down the River. He'll be off having adventures with Sam Clemens and Sir Richard Burton before you know it.
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