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Posted by DavidR (Member # 7473) on :

Jim Baen of Baen Books suffered a stroke recently and has now passed away. Here is an obituary by David Drake.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[Frown]

Thanks for the news.

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Oh, dammit.

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

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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.