Sadness. Janet Kagan, Hugo-winning author of Uhura's Song, Hellspark, and Mirabile, has passed away. I think she was going to be 62 later this year, but I'm having trouble finding her birth date.
Damn it. I loved her stuff, and always wanted to see more from her. I've been rereading her books lately; in fact, I was rereading Mirabile just this morning. I got the chance to talk with her at Context here in Ohio, many years back, and I really enjoyed it. She was a grand lady.
Janice told me to read Uhura's Song and it was fabulous. I liked how it was not as formulaic as many of the Trek books tend to be. It was fresh and interesting.
Had a chance to meet her at LACon at an autograph session.
I still haven't read Mirabile... didn't know about it until recently. And now I won't have the chance to see her at a con and talk about it.
Tom: the Intarwebz seem to agree that she was born sometime in 1946, though they don't know what date... for research purposes it may help to note that her birth name was Janet Megson.
I got a chance to meet her once, at the Nebulas in New Orleans. She impressed me as a very nice person. We had a great, silly chat during which we decided that in the mythology of SF, Isaac Asimov was the equivalent of Zues, and Harlan Ellison was clearly Coyote, because everyone knew a story about him, and he was either going to be behaving with incredible power and cleverness, or terrible stupidity and you could never be sure which.
i've read a dozen or so Trek Novels. UHURA'S SONG was one of the few i actually REMEMBERED!
i was once sitting in a car repair place, waiting for them to slap a new muffler on my vehicle. the guy next to me was reading a Trek novel. i asked him which was his favorite. we BOTH said UHURA's SONG.
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I always wanted to read more by her. :-(
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She shall be missed indeed.
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Had a chance to meet her at LACon at an autograph session.
A loss to Trek fans for sure.
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I never mentioned that it was in honor of Hellspark
"when/if it runs, I'll be through."
And Uhuras Song, I count as one of the few truly great trekkie novels (and at one point about 20 years ago, I had read them ALL.
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no no no no no....
I wanted more Hellspark! I wanted more Mirabile!
*cries*
Damn.
Tom: the Intarwebz seem to agree that she was born sometime in 1946, though they don't know what date... for research purposes it may help to note that her birth name was Janet Megson.
Sadness, indeed.
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No more books, but even more, no more Janet to make us laugh even as she made us think.
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I got a chance to meet her once, at the Nebulas in New Orleans. She impressed me as a very nice person. We had a great, silly chat during which we decided that in the mythology of SF, Isaac Asimov was the equivalent of Zues, and Harlan Ellison was clearly Coyote, because everyone knew a story about him, and he was either going to be behaving with incredible power and cleverness, or terrible stupidity and you could never be sure which.
My sympathies to her family and friends.
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Thank you, Ms. Kagan, for entertaining us with your words.
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i was once sitting in a car repair place, waiting for them to slap a new muffler on my vehicle. the guy next to me was reading a Trek novel. i asked him which was his favorite. we BOTH said UHURA's SONG.