Valar Morghulis

Death is part of life, I know.   But lately it seems to me that there has been far too much of it in SF and fantasy.

Vonda McIntyre passed away last week.  I’ve known Vonda for a long time; we were the same age, part of the same “generation” of writers, breaking in during the early 70s.  Though I can’t claim to have known her well, I admired her writing and always enjoyed her company when I found myself in Seattle.   She was a kind and generous person, and at the Spokane worldcon, where she w...