It would be really hard to choose a single book, maybe Rimrunner, since I really enjoy the Alliance-Union universe. I wish her the best and understand the need to leave on her own terms and without compromising her standards. David Drake did the same thing.
I am recalling a piece written by Harlan Ellison from 1986, after he had attended something like his fourth funeral that year, and in this piece he railed against the stupidity of death in regards to how much knowledge is lost whenever someone like Theodore Sturgeon or Judy-Lynn Del Rey passed away (two of the four in question).
Me personally, it's just as bad when a similar titan sees their creative sunset but might still have a few years of existence still to go.
She was the guest of honor at my first overnight fan convention: BosKone 24. I was fifteen years old and cosplayed for the first (and last) time as Bob Violence from Howard Chaykin's American Flagg comic book. My mom sewed the costume, which looked great, but nobody recognized such an obscure character —except for Chris Claremont who remarked to Walt & Weezie Simonson as I stumbled out of an elevator onto the wrong floor just past midnight, “Did that hologram seem a little hammered to you?”
It was the sambuca.
Ms. Cherryh was not an author whose writing I was familiar with at the time, but because she was a guest I bought a book for her to sign (Downbelow Station, which I thoroughly enjoyed). The enthusiasm of her fans was infectious, and she seemed genuinely happy to be there and engaging with her fans. That's relatively rare nowadays.
It would be really hard to choose a single book, maybe Rimrunner, since I really enjoy the Alliance-Union universe. I wish her the best and understand the need to leave on her own terms and without compromising her standards. David Drake did the same thing.
I am recalling a piece written by Harlan Ellison from 1986, after he had attended something like his fourth funeral that year, and in this piece he railed against the stupidity of death in regards to how much knowledge is lost whenever someone like Theodore Sturgeon or Judy-Lynn Del Rey passed away (two of the four in question).
Me personally, it's just as bad when a similar titan sees their creative sunset but might still have a few years of existence still to go.
Did she put that in writing?
She was the guest of honor at my first overnight fan convention: BosKone 24. I was fifteen years old and cosplayed for the first (and last) time as Bob Violence from Howard Chaykin's American Flagg comic book. My mom sewed the costume, which looked great, but nobody recognized such an obscure character —except for Chris Claremont who remarked to Walt & Weezie Simonson as I stumbled out of an elevator onto the wrong floor just past midnight, “Did that hologram seem a little hammered to you?”
It was the sambuca.
Ms. Cherryh was not an author whose writing I was familiar with at the time, but because she was a guest I bought a book for her to sign (Downbelow Station, which I thoroughly enjoyed). The enthusiasm of her fans was infectious, and she seemed genuinely happy to be there and engaging with her fans. That's relatively rare nowadays.
Downbelow Station
Sad news. Cherryh is one of my favorites.