Comments on: RIP: Kage Baker 1952-2010

By: Ann Marie Y.

Ann Marie Y. — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:32:48 +0000

I just found out by accident, browsing at Amazon. I am shocked. So sad, I feel like I lost a friend. What a wonderful mind, besides being witty, fun, and such a good writer. She really took it all on and tried to make sense of what it is to be human.

By: gen kazdin

gen kazdin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:15:30 +0000

Saddened by this loss. I had not read this before today. Thank you, Kage, and I wish you peace.

By: Jeannine Klein

Jeannine Klein — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:24:09 +0000

I came late to this information and am both shocked and saddened by it; trying hard not to tear up at work. Kage was always a lovely person (much nicer than Mendoza), both generous and witty, who wrote incredible books. We are all diminished by her passing.

By: Kage Baker died. | Pittsburgh Alpha to Omega

Kage Baker died. | Pittsburgh Alpha to Omega — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:02:03 +0000

[...] Kage Baker died this morning. She had uterine cancer, which spread to her brain. [...]

By: RIP, Kage Baker | Like Fire

RIP, Kage Baker | Like Fire — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:16:00 +0000

[...] can read tributes to her from the SFWA, Marty Halpern, and George R. R. Martin. Martin’s conclusion: Flowers and donations and [...]

By: Talking Comics with Tim: Chris Roberson | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:01:43 +0000

[...] so this may be the last novel we get from her. [Unfortunately, Baker died on January 31, as noted here]) The trade edition is out in March from Tor, and everyone who doesn’t hate goodness owes it to [...]

By: Rudy Rucker

Rudy Rucker — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:10:42 +0000

What a shock to hear of Kage’s passing. “Death thou comest when I had thee least in mind.” She was an intense, witty writer. Her tales blossomed like little movies in the mind, with the creaking of wagons, the hubbub of crowds, the canny villains, the resourceful heroines, and the intriguing folk who were in between. My clearest memory of her is a rainy November day a couple of years ago when we did a shared reading at an art gallery in the North Beach party of San Francisco. She’d been working on a Dickens Faire set-up, and the larger-than-life sense of a classical Holiday entered the room with her and her retinue. I’ll miss you, Kage.

By: Tom Barclay

Tom Barclay — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:53:18 +0000

Condolences to Kate, the rest of the family, the Fair Folk, other friends, readers and acquaintances. This is a terrible loss.

By: Jackie Kashian

Jackie Kashian — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:15:34 +0000

She was a great writer and had so many more stories to tell. My sincere condolences to her family and friends on their loss, which is so much more than to fans of her work. Peace and Love.

By: Rina Weisman

Rina Weisman — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:53:33 +0000

in tears upon hearing this…just so damned unfair. I’m sitting her reading the obituary, and looking at the books of hers on the library table, thinking it can’t be true, her books are right there and I just read them… Our condolences to her family.