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Maybe Brandon Sanderson can write the last three books.

tmtvl 4y ago
Never heard of him, is he another great computer scientist? I'd love it if someone like Chris Wellons or Per Bothner could work on them, but filling Knuth's shoes may be a big task for one man.
- thfuran 4y ago
  No, he's a fantasy author who finished the last few volumes of a popular epic fantasy series after its original author died.
  - imaltont 4y ago
    Also convinced he writes in his sleep with the amount of books he releases.
    - ars 4y ago
      He got a little bored during COVID and accidentally wrote 5 books: https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ this led to what I think is the most funded Kickstarter ever: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-fo...
    - aaroninsf 4y ago
      https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazo...
- Per_Bothner 4y ago
  I'm flattered, but have no idea where that came from. While I have implemented some interesting data structures and algorithms in my time, I don't consider myself a "Computer Scientist" or algorithms expert. However, I did work with Knuth in the 1980s, and am in a group photo in his "Digital Typography" book. I agree with all the nice things people have said about him.
openfuture 4y ago
krull10 4y ago
Well played
jrop 4y ago
Journey before destination
ok_dad 4y ago
The joke, for anyone else here who isn't a book nerd (my wife is), is that now whenever an old author dies with unfinished work, or hasn't finished their work (that's you, George!) people make a joke "Just let Brandon Sanderson finish it!" because Mr. Sanderson is an absolute writing beast, he's a "100x writer" if there ever was one and he is working on (or finished?) a book series[0] by a now-dead author and most people think he made it better. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time

Never heard of him, is he another great computer scientist? I'd love it if someone like Chris Wellons or Per Bothner could work on them, but filling Knuth's shoes may be a big task for one man.

thfuran 4y ago
No, he's a fantasy author who finished the last few volumes of a popular epic fantasy series after its original author died.
- imaltont 4y ago
  Also convinced he writes in his sleep with the amount of books he releases.
  - ars 4y ago
    He got a little bored during COVID and accidentally wrote 5 books: https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ this led to what I think is the most funded Kickstarter ever: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-fo...
  - aaroninsf 4y ago
    https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazo...
Per_Bothner 4y ago
I'm flattered, but have no idea where that came from. While I have implemented some interesting data structures and algorithms in my time, I don't consider myself a "Computer Scientist" or algorithms expert. However, I did work with Knuth in the 1980s, and am in a group photo in his "Digital Typography" book. I agree with all the nice things people have said about him.

openfuture 4y ago

krull10 4y ago

Well played

jrop 4y ago

Journey before destination

ok_dad 4y ago

The joke, for anyone else here who isn't a book nerd (my wife is), is that now whenever an old author dies with unfinished work, or hasn't finished their work (that's you, George!) people make a joke "Just let Brandon Sanderson finish it!" because Mr. Sanderson is an absolute writing beast, he's a "100x writer" if there ever was one and he is working on (or finished?) a book series[0] by a now-dead author and most people think he made it better. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time