Infos ! [Carnet Noir]

[Publivore]

Et bien non, ce n'est pas gai, et j'espère que ce sujet ne remontera pas trop souvent, mais ça fait partie de la vie :(Ken Grimwood, l'auteur de Replay, (roman qui a gagné un "World Fantasy Award" et publié au Seuil en 1988) est décédé le 06 Juin à l'âge de 59 ans.Je crois que Replay est sa seule publication traduite dans la langue de Molière.

[l_ange_urielle]

c'est comme quand Marion Bradley Zimmer est décédée, il y a environs 3 ans, on pleure sur tous ses romans, toutes ses nouvelles qui ne seront pas écrites, sur cette imagination qui s'éteint avec un auteur...

[Gillossen]

Je pensais en faire une news Tolkien, mais vu que l'oeuvre de l'auteur ne se limitait pas à cela... http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/2005/mars.htm#13Comme Publivore, espérons que ça ne remonte pas trop souvent.

[Thys]

Effectivement, même sans bien connaître l'auteur, c'est pas le genre de nouvelle qu'on a envie d'apprendre souvent, c'est bien triste... :(Thys

[John Carter]

Ah, le Fonstad - en parlant de l'ouvrage bien sûr - quelle référence quand même ! C'est effectivement une triste nouvelle, surtout si jeune, et à cause de ce maudit crabe...

[Gillossen]

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton, who wrote the popular "Witch World" series, has died. She was 93.Her death was announced by friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro, a Nashville suburb.Norton 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.Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912, in Cleveland, she wrote more than 130 books in many genres during her career of nearly 70 years. She used a pen name -- which she made her legal name in 1934 -- because she expected to be writing mostly for young boys and thought a male name would help sales.The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America recently created the Andre Norton Award for young adult novels, and the first award will be presented in 2006."She was wonderful with new or younger writers," said Jane Jewell, executive director of SFWA. "On many occasions, she worked with new writers and collaborated with them on novels to help them get started."Her first novel, "The Prince Commands," is set in a mythical European kingdom and tells of a young nobleman who returns from exile to stop a communist takeover of his homeland. It was published in 1934 when Norton was 22. The "Witch World" series, which details life on an imaginary planet reachable only through hidden gateways, included more than 30 novels.She was the first woman to receive the Grand Master of Fantasy Award from the SFWA in 1977, and she won the Nebula Grand Master Award in 1984.Her last complete novel, "Three Hands of Scorpio," is set to be released in April. Norton's publisher, Tor Books, rushed to have one copy printed so that the author, who had been sick for almost a year, could see it."She was able to hold it on Friday," Jewell said. "She took it and said, 'What a pretty cobalt blue for the cover.' "Norton spent most of her life in Cleveland, where she worked as a librarian from 1932 to 1950, except for a brief stint in the 1940s when she ran her own bookstore in Mount Ranier, Maryland, and worked at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.Norton and her mother, Bertha Stemm Norton, who also served as her in-house proofreader and editor for decades, moved to Winter Park, Florida, in 1966 for their health. Norton moved to Tennessee in 1996 because she wanted to start a library for genre writers and didn't like the population explosion in Florida. She found a farm in rural Monterey, about 85 miles east of Nashville.But the hills of east Tennessee were too isolated for her and her assistant, Rose Wolf. A friend helped them find the house in Murfreesboro.She established The High Hallack Genre Writer's Research and Reference Library in 1999 on a quiet residential street in the town about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. High Hallack is the name of a country in "Witch World."Norton opened the library in a converted three-car garage as a retreat where authors could research ancient religions, weaponry, mythology or history that they need to bring their stories to life. The library includes biographies, diaries, histories, science books -- almost anything a writer might need to craft a realistic setting on any world in any time.Norton said detailed research matters in fiction because today's education is so inadequate that many people must get their history from novels. If an author makes historical detail interesting, a reader might be inspired to research the subject more."It's an opening to another kind of life," she said in a 1999 interview with The Associated Press.

J'avoue, je ne connaissais pas.

[Thys]

J'avoue, je ne connaissais pas.

Moi non plus...mais c'est encore une triste nouvelle malgré le fait qu'à 93 ans on puisse dire "mission accomplie", ce n'est jamais joyeux à entendre...Thys

[Lujayne]

Elle avait écrit entre autres, avec Marion Zimmer Bradley et Julian May, les "Trois Amazones" (très sympathique) et sa suite le cycle du Trillium (un peu plus lourd, mais bon...).C'est bien triste

[Gillossen]

Deux autres noms, mais mal connus par chez nous... :arrow: http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/1441-J...ssy-Sest-Eteint http://www.elbakin.net/plume/fantasy/news/...-De-Angus-Wells

[Publivore]

Que je n'aime pas voir ce sujet remonter... http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/1910-D...mell-Est-Decede

[zedd]

Trop dégouté!Moi qui ai lu Rigante cette semaine. Nan franchement là, c'est injuste! 57 ans... En tout cas, je suis de tout coeur avec sa famille!Zedd

[Anarion]

Ben m****! Je ne sais pas quoi dire

[Kaines]

C'est toujours une grande tristesse de voir partir quelqu'un ! Mais Gemmel nous a fait vivre de grands moments et je le remercie pour cela !

[Sleepy]

Je ne peux que souhaiter qu'il reste immortel à travers le succès de ces oeuvres.

[Mirsky]

RIP

[Smiorïen]

David La Légende !!DAVID LA LEGENDE !!A jamais tu resteras dans mon espritA jamais tu marqueras la fantasy !!

[Gillossen]

Ce n'était pas mon préféré, loin de là, mais j'avais apprécié quasiment tous ses romans qui m'étaient tombé entre les mains, voire plus que ça pour certains d'entre eux. Et si jeune, en plus... :(Comme dernier hommage, j'en profite pour rappeler que c'est Gemmell, deux "m", deux "l" !

[almaarea]

Je suis restée un peu bête en voyant la news... Je n'étais pas une grande fan de ces livres mais pour moi David Gemmel faisait vraiment partie du paysage de la fantasy Triste nouvelle, vraiment

[Finduril]

Je ne suis pas un grand fan de l'oeuvre mais le bonhomme était sacrément sympathique et vivant (sur ce que j'en ai vu au fil de ses interviews notamment). Une perte humaine tout cours. Une vraie béance dans la fantasy actuelle. Mais il y a forcément un paradis pour Gemmell, avec de la bière et de bonne bastons !

[Goldberry]

Ca m'a fait un choc aussi, c'est si soudain . Sinon quand on connait sa carrière, j'avais trouvé cette anecdote marrante.

One rejection letter he received in the early 1960s read: "You mention in your resume that you are working as a lorry driver's mate for Pepsi Cola. This is an occupation not without merit. Good luck with it."