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American writer and critic (1940–2022)

Alexei Panshin (August 14, 1940 – August 21, 2022) was an American writer and science fiction critic.

He wrote several critical works and several novels, including the 1968 Nebula Award–winning novel Rite of Passage^[1] and, with his wife Cory Panshin, the 1990 Hugo Award–winning study of science fiction The World Beyond the Hill.^[2]

Personal life

Panshin was born in Lansing, Michigan, on August 14, 1940.^[3] He died on August 21, 2022, at the age of 82.^[4]

Career

Fiction

Panshin was the author of the Anthony Villiers series made up of Star Well, The Thurb Revolution, and Masque World.

A fourth volume entitled The Universal Pantograph,^[5] never appeared, reputedly because of conflicts between the writer and his publisher. Of the Villiers series, noted SF writer Samuel R. Delany writes in the foreword of Star Well:

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