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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Mon Sep 9, 2019, 10:15 PM Sep 2019

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Vonda McIntyre died in April. Great science fiction author. 2nd woman to win Nebula, 3rd to win Hugo

Winner was her 1978 book Dreamsnake. (A wonderful book; do read it.)

So sorry to learn she has died.

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Vonda McIntyre died in April. Great science fiction author. 2nd woman to win Nebula, 3rd to win Hugo (Original Post) bobbieinok Sep 2019 OP

Weird, I missed that news as well. Codeine Sep 2019 #1

I met her a long time ago when I was working in a bookstore. Aristus Sep 2019 #2

Oh, I knew her way back when-- dawg day Sep 2019 #3

ive read some of her stuff Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #4

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

1. Weird, I missed that news as well.

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:51 PM

Sep 2019

I read a bunch of her Star Trek books as a teen. She was great.

Aristus

(66,293 posts)

2. I met her a long time ago when I was working in a bookstore.

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:58 PM

Sep 2019

She was very nice and signed our entire stock of her books.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

3. Oh, I knew her way back when--

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Tue Sep 10, 2019, 12:18 AM

Sep 2019

used to see her at cons. Lovely lady. Good writer.

Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)

4. ive read some of her stuff

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Tue Sep 10, 2019, 12:23 AM

Sep 2019

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