Herbert W. Franke has died

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Herbert_W._Franke" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Herbert_W._Franke</a>

Not to be confused with Frank Herbert, author of dune.

I knew him as an author of “Ypsilon Minus” (sci-fi anti utopia.) Easy reading, liked it a lot when I was kid. Sad to see him go.

His very first tweet is only in March 2022: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;HerbertWFranke&#x2F;status&#x2F;1501257180657422339" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;HerbertWFranke&#x2F;status&#x2F;150125718065742233...</a>

Sounds like quite the polymath.<p>I had never heard of him, until now.<p>It seems the world is a slightly darker place, now.<p>Thanks for letting us know about him.

obituary in german:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.derstandard.at&#x2F;story&#x2F;2000137517643&#x2F;medienkunstpionier-herbert-w-franke-im-alter-von-95-jahren-gestorben" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.derstandard.at&#x2F;story&#x2F;2000137517643&#x2F;medienkunstpi...</a><p>and a longer interview in german about his work from two years ago:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wissenschaft-kunst.de&#x2F;herbert-w-franke-grenz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wissenschaft-kunst.de&#x2F;herbert-w-franke-grenz</a>