We've lost another.

[Bob Schroeck]

Madeline L'Engle has passed away.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

[Foxboy]

Too bad. It hurts when we lose an author who can get away with starting a novel with "It was a dark and stormy night."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll