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Jun. 16th, 2006 05:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesIt has not been a good week.
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scarlatti and her chemo finally lost the battle. Overnight she went from being seriously ill but alert and active and still fighting, to the final coma. I only knew her through other people, and didn't know her well enough to be able to call her a friend; but she was someone I liked and cared about, and she was a close friend of some of my close friends. Mercifully, the last stage did not take long, and she died yesterday. May she rest in peace, and may her partner dougs find comfort in how many people loved her.
An email this morning from a friend, to let me know that another friend's husband is seriously ill in hospital, though at least he's now expected to recover.
And then there's Jim Baen, the owner of Baen Books. He's unconscious in ICU following a stroke earlier this week. I don't know him, and I've read few of the books he's published. I do know that he has made an enormous contribution to sf, not least by his willingness to take on the challenge posed by the internet and make it work for rather than against conventional publishing. He recognised and nurtured the talent of many writers, including people I know. They're hurting. The tribe is hurting. I hope he makes a full recovery.
A few days ago,
scarlatti and her chemo finally lost the battle. Overnight she went from being seriously ill but alert and active and still fighting, to the final coma. I only knew her through other people, and didn't know her well enough to be able to call her a friend; but she was someone I liked and cared about, and she was a close friend of some of my close friends. Mercifully, the last stage did not take long, and she died yesterday. May she rest in peace, and may her partner dougs find comfort in how many people loved her.An email this morning from a friend, to let me know that another friend's husband is seriously ill in hospital, though at least he's now expected to recover.
And then there's Jim Baen, the owner of Baen Books. He's unconscious in ICU following a stroke earlier this week. I don't know him, and I've read few of the books he's published. I do know that he has made an enormous contribution to sf, not least by his willingness to take on the challenge posed by the internet and make it work for rather than against conventional publishing. He recognised and nurtured the talent of many writers, including people I know. They're hurting. The tribe is hurting. I hope he makes a full recovery.