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Howard Waldrop, American author and critic (died 2024)
Howard Waldrop was an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021. His collection Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stories won the Locus Award for Best Collection in 1992. In 2021, he won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.
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Howard Waldrop was born in 1946. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Howard Waldrop's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1946 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.21 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $6,600 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $4,300 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.40 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.35 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 141.4M | 341 million |
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