Bob Asprin has found the great bar in the sky

[giza]

Sad news... Bob Asprin passed away yesterday, at the age of 62. (Source) In addition to being a popular science fiction writer, and well known in the SCA, he was also the man responsible behind the creation of the Dorsai Irregulars. To say that he touched the lives of many would be an understatement.

He was also to be the Guest of Honor here at Marcon this weekend. Oops.

There will be a wake (or something similar to one) starting at around 10 PM this evening in the open filking area at MarCon. If you attend, it might not be a bad idea to bring something with a sharp smell, if you know what I mean.

I bought a bottle of Glenlivet 15 and a flask.

[Edit: While going through emails about Bob, I decided to put on something light. So I set my iPod to shuffle through the Monty Python Instant Record Collection. What's the first song? You guessed it, The Dead Parrot Sketch. And the second song? Bring Out Your Dead. Why does God Dog hate me?]

Comments

[tchall.livejournal.com]

Please raise a glass to Bob for me.

[usagiguy.livejournal.com]

Bob was a good guy, and a talented writer. I got to know him because we crossed paths so many time when we were guests at the same convention.

He wrote the introduction to my 3rd book.

I haven't seen him in a few years, but I will miss him.

[jbadger.livejournal.com]

It's really sad, met him more then a few times.

[nightwind292.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd seen the name somewhere else too, thanks for informing me of that.

[starbiter.livejournal.com]

God doesn't hate you. :)

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

Aw, man. I always respected Asprin's craftsmanship and professionalism.