*mourning*

[lagilman]

Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs) has left us.

Raise a glass, gentlefolk. Raise a glass.

Comments

[hildy.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I remember meeting him at Bama Con IV back in 1990 or so when I entered the writing contest. He seemed like a nice man. *raises appropriate glass*

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Oh! So sorry to hear that. I had a nice chat with him at TorCon, in the green room.

[lagilman]

He seemed like a nice man.

He was. Damn it, he was. A gentle, wonderfully kind man. I met him the first time, lord, maybe 1978? 79? Long time ago. Didn't get a chance until many years alter to tell him tha it was his writing that brought me back to SFdom.

Very glad I had that chance.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oh, damn.

A glass is raised to the guest list of ForeverCon, which has gone up by one...

[house-draven.livejournal.com]

*raises glass* I was just reading his stuff again last week, in fact...

[vampry.livejournal.com]

(raising my glass of Baileys)

Damn.

He will be missed.

[lagilman]

May I borrow that phrase, ForeverCon?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

ForeverCon came from the amateur movie of the same name shown at one of the local conventions. So it's not original to me and I therefore can't officially grant permission - but I figure that using it is as fair use as cribbing a term from any other movie.

Besides... it really fits, dunnit?

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Hal Clement was the Guest of Honor at the first science fiction convention I ever attended, a tiny little thing held at a church on Long Island. I had no idea who he was then, which tells you how early in my SF-fan life cycle this was. I remember him being kind, gracious and well-spoken.