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DavidR
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Jim Baen of Baen Books suffered a stroke recently and has now passed away. Here is an obituary by David Drake.
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Noemon
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[Frown] Thanks for the news.
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[Frown]
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Chris Bridges
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Oh, dammit.
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Between Ace, Tor, and Baen Books, Jim Baen had a hand in 1/3 of my SF collection, I would guess. Maybe more.
He was an enormously influential SF editor.
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