Very sad
So many fine stories, and I was exceedingly fond of The Land of the True Game (Mavin and Jinian particularly) in my youth.
I can still clearly remember the plot twist of Grass with a small shiver of horror!
RIP Vale Sheri S.Tepper
Beloved science fiction, horror and fantasy author Sheri S Tepper has died, aged 87. Tepper often wove feminism and environmentalism into her novels and is perhaps best known for 1989's Grass and its sequels; two-book series The Awakeners; and Gibbon's Decline & Fall, for which she was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke award …
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Tuesday 25th October 2016 19:43 GMT FriendInMiami
My favorite
Started with the 9 books of the True Game series, as I could find them as they were coming out. Started with the Mavin Manyshaped ones, actually. I have given away copies of many of her books to others to read (of Beauty, and of The Gate to Women's Country, mostly). She really had seen her end coming and wrapped up a series fairly well - to crib from Wikipedia it began with A Plague of Angels (Bantam, 1993), continued with The Waters Rising (Eos, released August 31, 2010) and wrapped up a couple of years ago with Fish Tails (2014). And Fish Tales brought back in people from the True Game, putting a bow on her work.
As wonderful as her writing was, her life also involved service to humanity - she directed a regional office of Planned Parenthood in Colorado, admirably well. And for those of you given to mysteries rather than scifi/fantasy, she also produced many books under other names. I have bookshelves of Tepper, and do reread ones from time to time. Some tend to stick with one - Northshore and Southshore lived with me a long time, and as I think back I was especially fond of The Revenants and have reread it most. Thank you El Reg for saluting her departure.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
