*woe*

[sholio]

Okay, famous people, stop dying now!

Author Tony Hillerman dead at age 83.

His Leaphorn/Chee mysteries were some of my very favorite books when I was a teenager, and even though I don't think the later ones are nearly as strong as the early ones (either that, or I've become a more demanding reader; maybe a little of both), I've still been buying them because I'm addicted to the characters. I'm sad for his family, of course, but on a selfish personal level, terribly bummed that we'll never have any more of Chee and Leaphorn and Bernie and Louisa.

Comments

[parisindy.livejournal.com]

((hugs))

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

Oh no! :(

I never read the books, but I loved the PBS movies.

[nebbyjen.livejournal.com]

Awww. I got hooked on his books after seeing the PBS movies. A few titles of his decorate my bookshelves.

[nonniemous.livejournal.com]

Noooooo....

I'm the same; loved his books when I was younger and found a bit lacking as I got older. But his characters were always wonderful, always. No more Leaphorn, Chee, Bernie or Louisa? Damn.

[courtberger.livejournal.com]

Oh no! I love him! I live in New Mexico, he's one of the first authors I ever read, this is so sad!

*hugs you back*

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

*woe* what an amazing person and awesome writer he was.

I got to meet him back in 1987 at a lecture he gave. He signed a couple of his first books for me and I was so awe-struck that I couldn't think to say anything intelligent to him. =P

All around me were people talking to him about characters and specific scenes and all I could lamely say was "I love your books"...

He was very kind. He was also a very tall man and bent down as he took my hand in his and gave me his full attention as he thanked me.

It has always been a good memory. He will be missed.

[stargatebabe.livejournal.com]

I adore Hillerman and have all the novels. I've traveled extensively for many years in that area and know it intimately. Every so often I re-read one just to remember.

[sholio]

You ought to try a couple of the books! They're tightly paced, and the desert setting is beautifully depicted.

[sholio]

Well, it's clearly not the worst thing that's ever happened to me! But thanks.

[sholio]

I haven't read some of them since I was a kid. Maybe it's time for a re-read ...

[sholio]

It's a little startling to me to realize how much those books have been a part of my life! I've been getting regular fixes of the characters and world since I was a kid; even though they were no longer books that I hung around Amazon eagerly waiting for, it makes me very sad to think of no more, ever.

[sholio]

Time for a re-read, maybe ...

[sholio]

Oh, how wonderful that you had that opportunity! From all accounts, he sounds like a good man, and someone who deserved the accolades he got.

[sholio]

I'm completely unfamiliar with the area, but he depicted it so vividly that I felt like I'd been there, and have always wanted to go. In fact, I think that reading his novels at a formative age is part of what's given me a desire to depict a strong sense of "place" in my own writing, because he did it so well.

[parisindy.livejournal.com]

still..

[courtberger.livejournal.com]

Defintely