A Certain Author

[filkferengi]

leaves an eloquent tribute to Andre Norton in the comments on Sherwood Smith's post about working with Andre Norton, posted on the centenary of Andre Norton's birth:

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/02/andre-norton-and-me

Check out the other authors leaving some Andre love!

Also, the authors of my authors are my authors.

Comments

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

'The authors of my authors are my authors'

The sensation that an author you love has also read another author you love (eg MWT and Rosemary Sutcliff; or Sherwood Smith and Mary Stewart and Anthony Hope*) is wonderful! Andre Norton introduced me to SF and I will be forever grateful to her. I suppose it's not surprising that so many of the authors I love were inspired by her.

*'Coronets and Steel' by Sherwood Smith.

[filkferengi]

I've always said that the kids I never had should've been born in space [where every surface is a book-storage area] & named after Andre Norton.

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

I always said that the two kids I did have should have been born in space, especially when they had tantrums.....

I wish someone would invent an anti-gravity bookshelf so that I could have several attached to every ceiling in my house, because there's no wall space left, and every shelf has books jammed sideways on top of other books. Though I find that the most insidious aspect of books is the way they _force_ one to keep reading 'just a bit more' until it's 2 am and one has to get up early to go to work....

It's obviously an Alien Conspiracy.

[filkferengi]

Sounds like your kids conspire to keep you too worn out to ride herd on them. Since they like you, they've arranged for your distraction to be good books. Gen obviously put them up to it.

;)

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

Gen did it!

Be blessed in your endeavours (how I love that phrase!)

[filkferengi]

It's a good one.