RIP etc

Tanith Lee, writer
---so sad. She was such a good writer, mostly fantasy but some dark fantasy, too. She was a unique voice. Check out her stuff; you'll find something to like. My favorite is "Sabella."

Another sad note is that Omar Sharif has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

RIP

Suzette Haden Elgin, writer. I was very fond of her sf Native Tongue trilogy (until book three, when she threw the entire premise of the first two books overboard). Apparently, I'm still pissed about that. She was a linguist who wrote several books on man/woman talking but also The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense and several sequels. An interesting woman.

B.B. King, musician. What can one say? He was a great bluesman and leaves a monumental legacy behind. He will surely be missed.

RIP

Ben E. King, singer
Maya Plisetskaya, ballerina
Ruth Rendell, writer