Andre Norton passed away

[Swoop109]

Received an email a few minutes ago about this. did a quick google search and found confirmaation on it. Passed away this morning.

http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3091414

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Here is the SFWA obituary for Ms. Norton.

http://sfwa.org/news/anorton.htm

 

[Esteban]

The Passing of Andre Norton

Story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/03/17/obit.norton.ap/index.html

 

[Hand of Evil]

sad news

 

[Desdichado]

Sad to see so beloved and decorated a writer go. Although, at least it can't be said that she didn't live a long and productive life. I didn't realize she was that old!

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Damn... she was one of my fav. sci-fi writers as a kid. Can't really complain about living to 93 though. I will miss her work.

 

[Desdichado]

There's also a thread in the sci-fi books movies and TV forums.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Sad news

 

[robjh]

Story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/03/17/obit.norton.ap/index.html

I'm sorry to hear that. She was an incredibly prolific writer of Science Fiction who wrote many fine books.

 

[Aitch Eye]

Here's the official announcement from her family, on the Andre Norton message board:

http://www.sf-fandom.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=17960


Her official website (nothing up yet):

http://www.andre-norton.org/


She'd been in hospice care for a few weeks, so this wasn't really unexpected, or particularly cruel for her. But still ...