Jim Baen (1943-2006)

[mabfan]

It's just been reported on SFF Net that science fiction editor and publisher Jim Baen has died.

David Drake has a memorial here; I'm sure there will be others.

I never met him, but I'm grateful for much of what he did. In particular, he was the editor who first published the collections of Spider Robinson's Callahan series, and those stories helped me through a lot.

Comments

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Damn. Not surprised, and it is better than him living in a vegetative or near vegetative state, but Damn.

[nwl.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear of Jim's death. We knew Jim a little. A card was going around Midwestcon, but we really didn't expect him to "get well soon."

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard... thanks for the news.