Diana Wynne Jones, 1934-2011

[chomiji]

What should I re-read right now, to remember her? She is the author of so many of my favorite books:

The Homeward Bounders The Time of the Ghost Fire and Hemlock Witch Week Deep Secret Archer's Goon

And then there's always The Tough Guide to Fantasyland.

A bit of light has gone out of the world.

ETA: Obits by Other Authors

• Being Alive. Mostly about Diana. (Neil Gaiman; includes pictures from September 2010)
• Remembering Diana Wynne Jones (Emma Bull at Tor.com)
• Diana Wynne Jones (critic Farah Mendelson, who edited a lovely collection of essays about DWJ)

ETA: Mainstream Media Obits

• Diana Wynne Jones obituary: Renowned children's fantasy and science-fiction author with a dedicated following (The Guardian, March 27, 2011)
• Diana Wynne Jones, Children’s Author, Dies at 76 (New York Times, March 28, 2011)
• Diana Wynne Jones: 1934-2011 (by Deborah Kaplan in Kirkus Reviews; Deborah is also the DWJ site webmaster)
• The wild magic of Diana Wynne Jones (Guardian Books Blog, March 29, 2011)

Comments

[hikari-mibu.livejournal.com]

*cuddles*

[chomiji]

>sigh<

[bad-mushroom.livejournal.com]

I'm asking myself the same question. I think I'm going with Deep Secret if I can find a library around here with a copy.

[chomiji]

I love Deep Secret so much. Did you see that I'd received fanfiction for it in the Purimgifts exchange?

I think I want to re-read The Homeward Bounders first, but I need to recall where I put my copy.

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of rereading Charmed Life since that was the first book I read by her. Also Hexwood and the Dalemark Quartet since those are other favourites.

[chomiji]

I think Charmed Life might have been my first as well!

Yes, I recall that you liked Hexwood, which is one of the ones I like least, although I don't think any of her books were actually bad. I have often thought, in the past, what a remarkable woman, that she could write so many different sorts of books!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Anything but The Homeward Bounders. Too much potential to leave you a sobbing wreck, under the circumstances, if you're anything like me. I vote for Witch Week and Fire and Hemlock.

[chomiji]

HB would hurt, but in a good way. The re-read will probably end up being whatever of my favorites I locate first. They should all be in the speshul bookcase in the bedroom, but they tend to wander.

(I just wrote a brief but impassioned e-mail note to the Washington Post about the fact that they haven't written a thing about this yet, although they have reviewed her favorably many times. In fact, all the mainstream media are slow off the mark on this. I did just find the Guardian obit and have added the link to my post.)

[chomiji]

At this point, I don't ever remember which McKillip that is. If it's making you suffer, don't read it ... .

>hugs<

I found several of my fave DWJs had migrated into the Young Lady's room - I retrieved them after we took her back to college last night. I'm so shocked - shocked, I tell you!

[gwyneira.livejournal.com]

I already got out Fire and Hemlock, because it is my favorite, and The Ogre Downstairs, because it is hilarious.

[chomiji]

I need to actually go and start reading some book ... I've been rather morbidly searching online most of the day instead, to see what people are saying about her.

Yes! The Ogre Downstairs! The toffee bars, in particular, never fail to make me very happy!