{"id":17772,"date":"2015-05-26T06:59:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T14:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=17772"},"modified":"2015-05-26T06:59:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T14:59:10","slug":"rip-tanith-lee-1947-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/news\/rip-tanith-lee-1947-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Tanith Lee (1947 &#8211; 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/600full-tanith-lee-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"600full-tanith-lee\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/600full-tanith-lee-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/600full-tanith-lee.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scifibulletin.com\/2015\/05\/26\/rip-tanith-lee\/\">Sci-Fi Bulletin<\/a> is reporting that Tanith Lee passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was an incredibly prolific writer, with 90 novels, and over 300 pieces of short fiction to her name, spanning science fiction and fantasy, horror, and crime. Most notably, she is the author of <em>The Flat-Earth Cycle<\/em>, a huge fantasy series with dozens of related novels and short stories.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter is currently overflowing with love for Lee and her vast works of fiction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I awoke to the news of Tanith Lee&#39;s death. The loss of a brilliant and singular voice.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caitl\u00edn R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) (@auntbeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auntbeast\/status\/603210615075840000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very sad to hear that Tanith Lee has passed away &#8211; she wrote so many wonderful stories. She was always so gracious, so elegant, so kind.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Berman (@thesteveberman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesteveberman\/status\/603198527859257344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve just lost someone I greatly admired as a person &amp; writer. Terrible news, such a hard year for these departures.<\/p>\n<p>Tanith Lee, RIP.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Guy Gavriel Kay (@guygavrielkay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guygavrielkay\/status\/603187306468679681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ah, no. We lost Tanith Lee. I still remember individual lines of her books that kicked me in the chest.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kingfisher &amp; Wombat (@UrsulaV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrsulaV\/status\/603199639018446849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lee was 67 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sci-Fi Bulletin is reporting that Tanith Lee passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2015. Lee was an incredibly prolific writer, with 90 novels, and over 300 pieces of short fiction to her name, spanning science fiction and fantasy, horror, and crime. 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