Pardon my language...

[seawasp]

but FUCK YOU, 2016! You weren't content to take away cool celebrities like David Bowie and Glenn Frey and Alan Rickman, now you have to start taking people I KNOW?

David G. Hartwell, long-standing editor at Tor and fixture at many conventions as a bookseller and panelist, is now no longer with us.

My sympathies to all his friends and especially his family.

While most of my interactions with David were fairly casual, he was one of those who read Polychrome and considered it for a long time. The fact he took that long to reject it was actually encouraging, and one of the factors that led to me publishing Poly myself.

He will be missed.

Comments

I'm begining to agree with your sentiments on 2016

[ancientone.livejournal.com]

It sure is starting off really sad and bad.

[sturgeonslawyer.livejournal.com]

I began the year with my traditional toast: "To 2016, a year that doesn't suck yet." It sure hurried to make a liar of me.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

This is starting out as a sucktacular year all around. :(

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

How very sad.

[hms42]

Ryk - Update. The news was inaccurate and posted by mistake. As far as its know, he is still with us.

Original source of info:

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016423.html

[hms42]

Unfortunately, news has changed to the sad news you posted, originally. :(

[boogieshoes.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

-boogie

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

Maybe 2016 should try to redeem itself by getting rid of Vox Day.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Vox Day. Kr*tm*n. Trump. The Kardassian of your choice. Whatever.

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

The Kardassian of your choice

Not David Warner, I hope.