I grew up on her books as much as I did on Heinlein's and
Asimov's.

Has she ever been given any kind of science
fiction lifetime achievement award? I certainly hope so.

"Enkidu" <zwi6iv402@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns961BBE5DDEFD3255229@130.133.1.4...

Frank J Warner <warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net> wrote in
news:160320051600034032%warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net:

http://trufen.net/sf/05/02/23/0541218.shtml

"Andre Norton, who had been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia prior
to her 93rd birthday on February 17, unfortunately is not expected to
survive and according to her wishes has returned home under hospice
care."

I remember reading her books under my covers with a flashlight when I
was a kid. You young pups don't know how sweet a memory that is.

Yes, me as well. There was a series on time travel I really liked when I
was 10 or 11.

I grew up on her books as much as I did on Heinlein's and
Asimov's. Has she ever been given any kind of science
fiction lifetime achievement award? I certainly hope so.

I remember reading her books under my covers with a flashlight when
I was a kid. You young pups don't know how sweet a memory that is.

Yes, me as well. There was a series on time travel I really liked
when I was 10 or 11.

And me. I started out reading by the hall light. When my parents
figured that out, I switched to the old tried and true flashlight
under the covers.

"Enkidu" <zwi6iv402@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns961BBE5DDEFD3255229@130.133.1.4...

Frank J Warner <warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net> wrote in
news:160320051600034032%warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net:

http://trufen.net/sf/05/02/23/0541218.shtml

"Andre Norton, who had been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia prior
to her 93rd birthday on February 17, unfortunately is not expected to
survive and according to her wishes has returned home under hospice
care."

I remember reading her books under my covers with a flashlight when I
was a kid. You young pups don't know how sweet a memory that is.

Yes, me as well. There was a series on time travel I really liked when I
was 10 or 11.

And me. I started out reading by the hall light. When my parents
figured that out, I switched to the old tried and true flashlight
under the covers.

And, who's a young pup? I'll be 58 in a couple weeks. I grew
up reading Golden Age science fiction. Most of it came out in
softback in the '50's and '60's. And, Amazing Magazine was
constantly reprinting stories from the '30's and '40's. For an sf
fan, it was a great time to grow up.

"Enkidu" <zwi6iv402@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns961BBE5DDEFD3255229@130.133.1.4...

Frank J Warner <warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net> wrote in
news:160320051600034032%warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net:

http://trufen.net/sf/05/02/23/0541218.shtml

"Andre Norton, who had been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia prior
to her 93rd birthday on February 17, unfortunately is not expected to
survive and according to her wishes has returned home under hospice
care."

I remember reading her books under my covers with a flashlight when I
was a kid. You young pups don't know how sweet a memory that is.

Yes, me as well. There was a series on time travel I really liked when I
was 10 or 11.

And me. I started out reading by the hall light. When my parents
figured that out, I switched to the old tried and true flashlight
under the covers.

And, who's a young pup? I'll be 58 in a couple weeks. I grew
up reading Golden Age science fiction. Most of it came out in
softback in the '50's and '60's. And, Amazing Magazine was
constantly reprinting stories from the '30's and '40's. For an sf
fan, it was a great time to grow up.

Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> writes:

Frank J Warner wrote:

http://trufen.net/sf/05/02/23/0541218.shtml

"Andre Norton, who had been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia prior
to her 93rd birthday on February 17, unfortunately is not expected to
survive and according to her wishes has returned home under hospice
care."

When she leaves life, I think Ursula LeGuin will be the last of the great
pioneers of science fiction still alive. Asimov, Bradbury, Roddenberry,
Zimmer Bradley, Heinlein, and soon Norton.

Ray Bradbury's still alive, he was pissed at "Fahrenheit 9/11"'s
title. Arthur C. Clarke is still alive. Kilgore Trout anyone?

In article <42399832.BBE08104@serv.net>, Gregory Gadow wrote:

Frank J Warner wrote:

http://trufen.net/sf/05/02/23/0541218.shtml

"Andre Norton, who had been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia prior
to her 93rd birthday on February 17, unfortunately is not expected to
survive and according to her wishes has returned home under hospice
care."

When she leaves life, I think Ursula LeGuin will be the last of the great
pioneers of science fiction still alive. Asimov, Bradbury, Roddenberry,
Zimmer Bradley, Heinlein, and soon Norton.

As others have mentioned Clarke and Bradbury are still alive. LeGuin
is actually from a somewhat later generation (1960s); Norton started
in the 1930s. The longest still writing sf writer is Jack Williamson
(first publication in 1928 and still publishing) [courtesy of a recent
thread in rec.arts.sf.written, The Golden Age of SF Writers].

A great loss to the imagination of the world. We are much richer for
their work.

I remember reading her books under my covers with a flashlight when I
was a kid. You young pups don't know how sweet a memory that is.

Hmph! This "young pup" had to make do with candles.

I was more biking down to the local public library and reading them
huddled between the bookcase and the window.

Alas I see over in rec.arts.sf.written that Andre Norton has now
died.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Science fiction and fantasy author Andre
Norton, who wrote the popular "Witch World" series, has died. She was
93.

Her death was announced by friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died
Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro, a
Nashville suburb.

Norton requested before her death that she not have a funeral service,
but instead asked to be cremated along with a copy of her first and
last novels.
...

In article <42399832.BBE08104@serv.net>, Gregory Gadow wrote:

Frank J Warner wrote:

http://trufen.net/sf/05/02/23/0541218.shtml

"Andre Norton, who had been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia prior
to her 93rd birthday on February 17, unfortunately is not expected to
survive and according to her wishes has returned home under hospice
care."

When she leaves life, I think Ursula LeGuin will be the last of the great
pioneers of science fiction still alive. Asimov, Bradbury, Roddenberry,
Zimmer Bradley, Heinlein, and soon Norton.

As others have mentioned Clarke and Bradbury are still alive. LeGuin
is actually from a somewhat later generation (1960s); Norton started
in the 1930s. The longest still writing sf writer is Jack Williamson
(first publication in 1928 and still publishing) [courtesy of a recent
thread in rec.arts.sf.written, The Golden Age of SF Writers].

A great loss to the imagination of the world. We are much richer for
their work.

I remember reading her books under my covers with a flashlight when I
was a kid. You young pups don't know how sweet a memory that is.

Hmph! This "young pup" had to make do with candles.

I was more biking down to the local public library and reading them
huddled between the bookcase and the window.

Alas I see over in rec.arts.sf.written that Andre Norton has now
died.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Science fiction and fantasy author Andre
Norton, who wrote the popular "Witch World" series, has died. She was
93.

Her death was announced by friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died
Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro, a
Nashville suburb.

Norton requested before her death that she not have a funeral service,
but instead asked to be cremated along with a copy of her first and
last novels.
...

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:22:44 -0600, johac wrote
(in article <jhachm-679340.23224416032005@news.giganews.com>):

In article <160320051600034032%warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net>,
Frank J Warner <warnerf@veriSPAMMERSDIEzon.net> wrote:

http://trufen.net/sf/05/02/23/0541218.shtml

"Andre Norton, who had been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia prior
to her 93rd birthday on February 17, unfortunately is not expected to
survive and according to her wishes has returned home under hospice
care."

I remember reading her books under my covers with a flashlight when I
was a kid. You young pups don't know how sweet a memory that is.


-Frank

Darn! Sorry to hear that. She was one of my favorites and I couldn't
even begin to remember how many of her novels and short stories that I
read when I was also a kid.

The first book of hers that I read was "Catseye," I still have that book
(packed away with some other very old SF books. I must have gotten it back in
1963 or thereabouts.