Jun. 29th, 2006

desertvixen: (Flanders Field)
I've seen this at least five or six times among the LMB portion of my f-list :

http://david-drake.com/baen.html

From the obituary:

Jim had the advantage over some editors in that he knew what a story is. He had the advantage over most editors in being able to spot talent before somebody else had published it. (Lois Bujold, Eric Flint, John Ringo and Dave Weber were all Baen discoveries whom Jim promoted to stardom.)

All of whom have solid places on our bookshelves, along with Elizabeth Moon.

I started with this little SF/space opera series somewhat modeled on the Hornblower books from Baen because I was bored, even though the cover art needed help, badly. The second book in the series cemented me in reading it, and over the years since, my bank account and Baen have had a close, giving relationship.

DV
desertvixen: (feminine intuition)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060629/ap_on_re_us/billionaires_abortion

Pro-lifers against Buffett-Gates alliance
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer Thu Jun 29, 4:04 PM ET

Warren Buffett's new philanthropic alliance with fellow billionaire Bill Gates won widespread praise this week, but anti-abortion activists did not join in, instead assailing the two donors for their longtime support of Planned Parenthood and international birth-control programs.

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Good for them.

DV

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