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shalannaNews of the passing of awesome writer John M. (Mike) Ford last night has just reached me. I thought I'd post it here, although many others are doing a good job of telling people. *sigh* Why is it always the good ones, the best ones. . . . They go before us but are not really gone.
Anyway, we'll all meet again. "Fear not, Reepicheep, that is the utter East."
I love his _Casting Fortune_ the best, although _How Much For Just the Planet_ and _The Dragon Waiting_ are probably better known. I only knew him from his participation in the old FidoNet SF echo (and occasionally on the Writing echo) way back when I first joined FidoNet, and later from his posts on Making Light, but my Minneapolis friends knew him personally and are really feeling the loss now, I'm sure. It's always so hard for those of us left behind. ((HUGS))
Read the tributes on Making Light. We'll all miss his contributions (comments--often poetry, off the cuff but better than what I slave over) to that forum. We'll all miss getting to read new books by him. The world is lessened.
Anyway, we'll all meet again. "Fear not, Reepicheep, that is the utter East."
I love his _Casting Fortune_ the best, although _How Much For Just the Planet_ and _The Dragon Waiting_ are probably better known. I only knew him from his participation in the old FidoNet SF echo (and occasionally on the Writing echo) way back when I first joined FidoNet, and later from his posts on Making Light, but my Minneapolis friends knew him personally and are really feeling the loss now, I'm sure. It's always so hard for those of us left behind. ((HUGS))
Read the tributes on Making Light. We'll all miss his contributions (comments--often poetry, off the cuff but better than what I slave over) to that forum. We'll all miss getting to read new books by him. The world is lessened.
"Words fail me (the poor craftsman blames his tools)" --John M. Ford, "Chromatic Aberration"
