RIP Andre Norton

[kelliem]

I heard about this from matociquala this morning, and man, it really got to me. I loved Andre Norton. I grew up reading her books. I think hers were the first books to really hook me on Science Fiction. I wanted to *be* her characters. She was a grand lady, and I will miss knowing she's still out there writing.

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

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[wordwitch.livejournal.com]

So passes one of the most profound and enduring influences in my life, if not in Science Fiction at large. Her Daybreak: 2250 AD was the first SF I ever read, and her persistant theme of the outcast making her or his own way helped me survive.

May her memory ever be green.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Daybreak was not my first SF, but it's been one of my favorites since I was just a sprog.