Dan Minette wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Starship Troopers (was: Re: The Yom Kippur War [was: Fwd:
> CNNBreaking Ne...
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> >
> > _The Skies of Pern_ came out in 2001, and the mass market edition came
> > out last month. It appears to be about F'lessan and some tragedy. I'll
> > let you know if it's much good at all once I've read it (which may
> > actually be sometime this year -- it's not all that high on my priority
> > list!).
>
> Its not even as good as Masterharper was. Her formula was tired out by
> then. She died recently, didn't she?
Uh, no. I think that something like that would have been reported on
her website, and there's nothing to that effect there (and it was
updated on Sunday).
The last author I heard of dying was Astrid Lindgreen.
Now, I hear rumors of ill health now and again, but ill health does not
inevitably lead to death. :)
Julia
