GalleyCat -- In a sad update to our story a few weeks ago
about Jim Baen's stroke, the founding editor and publisher of Baen Books (left)
died yesterday, reports author David Drake, who pays tribute to Baen on his website. "Jim
had the advantage over some editors in that he knew what a story is," Drake
recalls. "He had the advantage over most editors in being able to spot talent
before somebody else had published it...Furthermore, he never stopped developing
new writers. The week before his stroke, Jim bought a first novel from a writer
whom Baen Books had been grooming through short stories over the past year."
Thanks to Baen, I was introduced to several of my favorite science
fiction authors over the years -- Lois McMaster Bujold and
David Weber.
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