Seli Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Tanith Lee, who was an early influence on my more mature genre reading has died. The vagaries of translation and libraries meant that many of her works were available to me in the Dutch libraries I used when I was growing up. Although I haven't read much of her work in recent years she remains one of the forces in the background of my development. Thanks. http://www.tor.com/2015/05/26/tanith-lee-in-remembrance/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of Godsgrace Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 A great loss :crying: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Aw hell. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 A tremendous shame. The Silver Metal Lover is one of the most achingly beautiful books I've ever read. Gorgeous prose, sensual and mysterious, I always found that her works lingered with me long after I finished reading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tyrion I Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 R.I.P. Truly a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 How horribly sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Headless Ned Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 That sucks. Just read a couple of her short stories and her very lyrical style made an impact. Have to read more of her stuff.Plus I will always have a fondness for that iconic sexy hippy/witch photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertrude Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 The first work of hers I read was a collection of short stories that were fairybtales with a dark twist, Tales from the Sisters Grimmer. I read it as a library book and then spent years and years searching used book stores for it (pre internet age). Finally found it and it will always be one of my favorite trophies. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 The first work of hers I read was a collection of short stories that were fairybtales with a dark twist, Tales from the Sisters Grimmer. I read it as a library book and then spent years and years searching used book stores for it (pre internet age). Finally found it and it will always be one of my favorite trophies. R.I.P.:lol: You too huh? I had the same looooooong search for exactly that book (I'd read a few stories from it in anthologies but never the full set till I finally tracked it down). Lee was one of my go-to searches in any secondhand shop I ever went into, for years. RIP indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I was very lucky to meet her two years ago and be able to tell her that she was one of my heroes growing up. Needless to say, she was lovely. I have bought and given away several copies of Silver Metal Lover over the years. At one point, the book was a sort of "test" for prospective girlfriends. "If you she doesn't like this book, she'll never like me" type of thing. Yes, I am pathetic. But very sad she is no longer with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady narcissa Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I've never read any of her books but the name is familiar. I did read in one of her obituaries how she had bookshelves full of unpublished manuscripts but that she was unable to get published in recent years except for some small select presses. What is it about her / her writing that made her so unpublishable in recent years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I've never read any of her books but the name is familiar. I did read in one of her obituaries how she had bookshelves full of unpublished manuscripts but that she was unable to get published in recent years except for some small select presses. What is it about her / her writing that made her so unpublishable in recent years? I guess we'd have to see those unpublished manuscripts to know! Although I did read a few of her later books, including a sequel to Silver Metal Lover and they didn't feel as strong to me as previous ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady narcissa Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Ah okay. Just didn't know if she had written more about it and if there was something people who were fans of hers knew about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Because her books were never that available, I only ever read the first two books in the Lionwolf trilogy by her. Did enjoy them a lot and always planned to read more.The problem is that it's damn hard to get hold of an entire sequence. Even on ebook (at least where I usually buy), several of her series are incomplete, which just makes no damn sense.As to why... really not sure. I'd have thought that the increasing diversification of popular fantasy from the old usual would have made her admittedly quite strange, in a good way (from what I know of it) stuff more marketable, but apparently no-one wanted to take the plunge. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that she'd been an influence on the likes of China Mieville and Jeff VanderMeer.RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I think it was becayse she wrote weird grimdark waaaay before it took off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Ah okay. Just didn't know if she had written more about it and if there was something people who were fans of hers knew about.Lady N, I think you'd really enjoy Lee's books - mostly fairly dark YA with morally complex female protagonists. It's been a long while since I've read any, but I reckon the Birthgrave trilogy is a good place to start. And if any of you can track down her short story 'Don't Get Lost' then do so, one of those stories that has stuck uncomfortably in my head for literally decades now, especially when walking through featureless housing estates at night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that she'd been an influence on the likes of China Mieville and Jeff VanderMeer. Exactly this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigei Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I've never read any of her books but the name is familiar. I did read in one of her obituaries how she had bookshelves full of unpublished manuscripts but that she was unable to get published in recent years except for some small select presses. What is it about her / her writing that made her so unpublishable in recent years? I didn't know that. But it seems that her later work has not had much publicity at all. No idea why. I checked out her latest book that i could find and it was Cruel Pink which I had definitely never heard of. So if her books aren't getting published or sold, it's a lack of getting the word out there. This is a sad day. I guess we won't be getting the third in the Metal series now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady narcissa Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Lady N, I think you'd really enjoy Lee's books - mostly fairly dark YA with morally complex female protagonists. It's been a long while since I've read any, but I reckon the Birthgrave trilogy is a good place to start.Good to hear. I see the first book in that series will be newly available in a few days. I did see she has a variation on the Hades / Persephone myth. I might check that one out first as that was exactly what I've been looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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