Deaths: Gene Wolf: Mr. Pringles and Science Fiction

GENE WOLFE (1931-2019)

From the May 2, , 2019, Chicago Tribune "Science-fiction writer with a literary touch" by  Harrison Smith, Washington Post.

"Gene Wolfe was an industrial engineer who helped devise the cooking  process  for Pringles, the stackable chip, then turned to fantasy and science-fiction writing to craft intricate, philosophically rich novels that explored faith, war and distant planets, died April 14 in Peoria, Illinois.  He was 87."

I never read any of his writings but am sure a fan of his Pringles.

He served as a combat engineer in the Korean War, an experience that left him shaken and startled by loud noises upon his return.

While working as an industrial engineer for Procter & Gamble, he developed the frying process for potato shingles that are used to make those delicious Pringles chips.  In time he came to resemble the cartoon figure on the cans, the broad-faced man with the bushy handlebar mustache.