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Sad news
September has been a sad month for genre fiction.
First Madeline L'Engle passed (for info, see http://www.madeleinelengle.com/news/ )
Today, Robert Jordan did. His blog takes an extremely long time to load, given the many fans trying to get to it, but a very heartfelt statement can be read here: http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/
While I haven't read Jordan, having had a friend tell me that the apacolypse takes too long, I have a great deal of admiration for a man who would work so hard to finish a series whilst going through chemotherapy. A Wrinkle in Time was a comforting book for me as a child, it being about smart kids who do important things and manage to deal with schoolyard teasing. I didn't like some of the later books due to the religious overtones, but that first one is a gem.
First Madeline L'Engle passed (for info, see http://www.madeleinelengle.com/news/ )
Today, Robert Jordan did. His blog takes an extremely long time to load, given the many fans trying to get to it, but a very heartfelt statement can be read here: http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/
While I haven't read Jordan, having had a friend tell me that the apacolypse takes too long, I have a great deal of admiration for a man who would work so hard to finish a series whilst going through chemotherapy. A Wrinkle in Time was a comforting book for me as a child, it being about smart kids who do important things and manage to deal with schoolyard teasing. I didn't like some of the later books due to the religious overtones, but that first one is a gem.