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By Gary Farber: Terry Bisson, writer extraordinaire, died January 10, 2024. It's now January 18th, and his preliminary obituary is already off the Locus front page, though we're told that a full obituary will appear in the February print issue. Terry never had a hit novel, though at least two of his short stories, "Bears
By Gary Farber: Terry Bisson, writer extraordinaire, died January 10, 2024. It's now January 18th, and his preliminary obituary is already off the Locus front page, though we're told that a full obituary will appear in the February print issue. Terry never had a hit novel, though at least two of his short stories, "Bears
(1) TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATON ASKS TINGLE FOR DO-OVER. Today the Texas Library Association’s executive director Shirley Robinson published a “TLA Statement Regarding Author Chuck Tingle” which says they want him to reconsider participating in their annual conference, although it says nothing one way or the other about him going masked. As you may know, the
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(1) WAYS IN WHICH PRATCHETT IS STILL WITH US. Sam Jordison discusses “Pratchett power: from lost stories to new adaptations, how the late Discworld author lives on” in the Guardian. “Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the most alive,” said John Lloyd at the author’s memorial in 2015. This sentiment remains as