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By John Hertz (reprinted from Vanamonde 1575): Marilyn Wisowaty Niven (1940-2023) was "Fuzzy Pink" to me and perhaps to you. She and Larry Niven met in 1967, and were married in 1969, until death did them part. She left us for After-Fandom on December 3rd. She'd been wrestling with ill health for some while. As
…“Perplexed” was a common reaction. Rowling had never been a particularly controversial figure. Her books sold hundreds of millions of copies, they inspired films that brought in billions of dollars, and she used the money she made to save children from orphanages. In 2012, she gave enough to charity and paid enough in taxes to knock herself off the Forbes billionaires list. In 2020, she was tweeting links to a store that sold pins that said F*CK YOUR PRONOUNS. Read another way, though, the latest turn in Rowling’s story looks perhaps less perplexing than inevitable. It is the culm...
…“Perplexed” was a common reaction. Rowling had never been a particularly controversial figure. Her books sold hundreds of millions of copies, they inspired films that brought in billions of dollars, and she used the money she made to save children from orphanages. In 2012, she gave enough to charity and paid enough in taxes to knock herself off the Forbes billionaires list. In 2020, she was tweeting links to a store that sold pins that said F*CK YOUR PRONOUNS. Read another way, though, the latest turn in Rowling’s story looks perhaps less perplexing than inevitable. It is the culm...