Science fiction author Andre Norton, 93, dies at home in Murfreesboro

[HamstersFromHell]

Saturday, March 19,2005

By BETH RUCKER
Associated Press

Science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton, who wrote the popular Witch World series, died Thursday at age 93.

The announcement came from friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro.

She requested before her death that she not have a funeral service, but instead asked to be cremated along with a copy of her first and last novels. <snip>

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[cornermouse]

1. Thank you.

I always enjoyed her books.

[420inTN]

2. Wow.

Really good author. I had no idea that she was so aged, or was living in TN.

[cornermouse]

5. I knew she was in her 90s.

She had a great imagination. Could literally "create" a world.

[420inTN]

6. I'm rueing the day that Terry Pratchett steps from the mortal coil. n/t

[Mairead]

8. We should try to get him knighted

Anyone whom serious reviewers compare favorably with Chaucer and Dickens, and is as consistently productive as he is, is surely worth a knighthood while still in his 50s.

[420inTN]

14. Heh. I'm not sure he'd accept. n/t

[Mairead]

19. He accepted the OBE (nt)

[newscott]

3. RIP

She was one of the writers who inspired me to become a lover of books. Thanks to her and other I love to read.

[treefrogjohn]

4. My introduction to SF

I found an Andre Norton book in my elementary school library when I was in 4th grade, back in the 1950s. It opened up my imagination and led me to so many others in the genre. My reading life has been so much richer over the years thanks to that introduction. Thank you, Andre.

[Technowitch]

7. Alas...

A great woman.

And an inspiration to THIS newbie author, too.

[pfitz59]

9. One of my favorite writers.....

Got me started on Fantasy/SciFi in the early 60's. I never knew she was so old! Glad she had such along and productive life.

[Hardrada]

10. Her books (and Galaxy SF Magazine) got me reading

SF & Fantasy ever since about 1956. She had a great career.

[harper]

11. When I was a kid back in the 60s

I read all her stuff and loved it. Kind of the beginning of my love of books and reading. Thank you for that gift, Andre.

[scarletlib]

12. She was a wonderful writer

Hers was the first science fiction that I read as a teenager. I will miss her.

[Octafish]

13. A Pioneer, she will be remembered as a giant in a field dominated by men.

Andre Norton's works are as good as anybody's -- in any genre.



Ms. Norton will be missed. Until we meet again...

[Octafish]

16. ...Meant to say: "...a field ONCE dominated by men."

Andre Norton was a Pioneer in the truest and best sense of the word.

[frustrated_lefty]

15. Many blessings and much affection

on your doorstep, Ms. Norton. Thank you for the stories and the endless hours of imagination. Safe travel to you on safe seas.

JRG

[sellitman]

17. She was a another piece of my childhood.

I enjoyed her work and wish her peace.

:cry:

[RandomUser]

18. The passing of a legend

She was one of those writers (like Asimov, Heinlein, etc.) who contributed so much to the genre that anyone who reads in that genre would know of her even if they've never read a single book by her.

[Flammable Materials]

20. My wife will be sad. n/t