Posted on 06/16/2006 2:31:03 PM PDT by Salgak
. . .Jim Baen, editor and publisher of Baen Books, had a stroke last evening and is in a coma.
His wife and children are at his side at a hospital.
The family requests no cards or flowers at this time.
Prayers, however, are a very different matter, and much appreciated.
Updates at Baen's Bar, Waiting Room Conference
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Baen Books is my favorite publishing house - I'll give things with their logo a glance when the cover would otherwise have discouraged me. Their recent republishing of classic science fiction has been a great boon for me.
I hope he makes a recovery, he's really influenced SF for the better.
God be with you, Jim. You've provided me with a LOT of pleasureable reading through your bevy of excellent writers.
Prayers for your recovery, Jim. You're a real giant in SF publishing.
Prayers for him and family.
God bless'em.
Read many a Baen book...
My God, I'm getting old. I remember when Baen was running Ace Books. (He wound up having to settle up with a bunch of authors his predecessors had ripped off.)
Damn, Damn, another of the Astounding SF goes down the tubes, who is going to pick up the Campbell cloak.
Wow. Prayers for him and his family. Along with Ben Bova, one of my favorite editors/writers.
But while Jim is down. . . he's not out. And, God willing, he'll make a full recovery. . .
oh, heck... the announcement in The Bar
Subject: News about Jim
Author: Julie Cochrane
Date: 15 Jun 2006 08:55 PM
Okay, people, here's what's going on.
Jim Baen is in the ICU after a stroke, it is serious, Toni and a relative are there with him. Now you know as much as we do about his condition.
Baen Books is functioning under the very detailed emergency plans that Jim has in place.
Please don't send cards or flowers. Please do send whatever prayers are appropriate to your faith.
When we know more, we'll let you know.
Thanks,
Julie
Sounds like a good team. Flint's 1633 is great, I haven't read any other of his work except co-written with Drake. I always feel like taking some R&R after reading Drake's combat novels. After reading Ringo, I feel like I have delayed stress syndrome.
God's speed Jim.
Prayers up for you and yours.
Thank you sir!
Mr. Baen's captaincy of Baen Books is fantastic! Innovation! Placing complete books from series authors on a CD in the back of some of the later Honor Harrington (David Weber) hardback is genius. Providing a free area on the website with whole books available in multiple and accessible electronic formats, genius! Creating a way to get EBooks weeks before the hardcopies hit the shelves, soooper genius!
Jim you have more to to do, FIGHT!
"Let's be about it."
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You need to read his "Kildar" series. . . (evil grin)
btt
Amen. I can't tell you how much money he's cost me because of the free books he publishes on his website. The man's a freaking evil genious!
My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family.
Are you a fan of the 1632 universe?
prayer bump
The real question is, how much have you spent on Baen titles because of the "free" books they provide? Since you mention the CD, they got you with a hardback purchase :-) I agree that Jim Baen is a freaking genious, and a hell of a capitalist who understands all too well that his customers aren't thieves. Too bad noone in the record industry has his vision.
Most readers of this thread are probably already aware of this, but anyone who isn't should check out the Baen Free Library.
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