A Moment of Silence....

[queenmaggie]

Andre Norton has passed away.....
She gave me permission to use my imagination,when everyone else was telling me to be practical....

Comments

[fairerhiannon]

Oh my gosh.

Gentle Journey, sweet lady.

[wendyzski]

Oh no!

She was one of the authors that inspired me to get my first "grown-up" library card 3 years before I was supposed to. (Anne McCaffery was the other)

A few years ago, shen she was very ill and in the hospital, someone organized a message-collection for her. She was feeling very old and alone, and they thought she would appreciate hearing from people who were touched by her works. (Apparently the response volume crashed a laptop or two ;) ) I am SO glad that I took the time to write in - so she actually had a chance to know how much her characters were an important part of my life.

[queenmaggie]

I remember that: I wrote a very heartfelt note myself. I was so pleased afterwards that her caregivers wrote back to all the groups that had sent such and let us know that it had made a difference, that she knew how much she had meant to so many....

[abbie_normal]

i, too, wrote in to her "support groupies"...i fell in love with her "witch world" series. she was one in a long line of fantasy/sci fi folks that have fed mo brain for many years. she will be missed!