{"id":1562,"date":"2020-04-14T21:27:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T02:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2020-04-14T21:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T02:27:03","slug":"happy-birthday-jack-mcdevitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/happy-birthday-jack-mcdevitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Jack McDevitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jack-mcdevitt-quote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1563 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jack-mcdevitt-quote-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jack-mcdevitt-quote-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jack-mcdevitt-quote-624x351.jpg 624w, http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jack-mcdevitt-quote.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Today, April 14, is Jack McDevitt&#8217;s birthday.\u00a0 He&#8217;s 85 today.\u00a0 I normally reserve these birthday posts for writers, artists, and editors who are no longer with us.\u00a0 But I make the occasional exception. Mr. McDevitt is one of those.\u00a0 He&#8217;s among the few authors I always buy in hardcover from trade publishers.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had t he privilege of meeting him at least three different times, although not recently. He is a consummate gentleman. Jack is open, friendly, and easy to talk to.<\/p>\n<p>He writes science fiction in what would probably be considered the classic vein. There&#8217;s a reason he&#8217;s a multiple award winner.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t read him, I suggest you do yourself a favor and do so.\u00a0 Start with <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Talent-Alex-Benedict-Novel-Book-ebook\/dp\/B004P5OZ02\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QPO6CX2AOW4C&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=a+talent+for+war&amp;qid=1586917206&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=a+talent+for%2Cdigital-text%2C288&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>A Talent for War<\/em><\/a> (the Alex Benedict series), or <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Engines-Academy-Priscilla-Hutchins-novel-ebook\/dp\/B005KGJWTO\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+engines+of+god&amp;qid=1586917127&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>The Engines of God<\/em><\/a> (the Academy\/ Priscilla &#8220;Hutch&#8221; Hutchison series), or some of the short stories, the most recent collection being <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Voice-Night-Jack-McDevitt-ebook\/dp\/B07FLF9CK1\/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=a+voice+in+the+night&amp;qid=1586917474&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-3\"><em>A Voice in the Night<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, Jack!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, April 14, is Jack McDevitt&#8217;s birthday.\u00a0 He&#8217;s 85 today.\u00a0 I normally reserve these birthday posts for writers, artists, and editors who are no longer with us.\u00a0 But I make the occasional exception. Mr. McDevitt is one of those.\u00a0 He&#8217;s among the few authors I always buy in hardcover from trade publishers. 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