I just heard...

Rest In Peace, Mr. Bradbury. You were a god among men and among those who were more than men. You will be missed, and you shall be honored.

On Ithildyn's LJ, I just found out that Anne McCaffrey passed away:

Random House Books has also acknowledged the writer's death. A post now up at the publisher's site reads, "McCaffrey died at her home in Ireland on November 21st shortly after suffering a stroke."

I haven't made klah in a long time, but this seems a good time to raise a glass ( Read more... )

Right now, on the channel C-SPAN2 on BookTV, there's author Julia des Jardines talking about her book The Marie Curie Syndrome and answering questions on the subject of women in science...specifically, in the hard sciences.