Jim Baen, 1943-2006

Nohbody

Jim Baen, founder and head of Baen Books, passed away Wednesday, June 28th, due to effects of a stroke he had on June 12th.

David Drake's obituary for Jim Baen

(Posted here because I figured that more than a few folks here would be SF fans, given what brought most of us to JSR, if indirectly.)

Poseidon

Big Sci-Fi fan. Great publisher with a great vision for digital distribution (http://www.webscription.net/) win no DRM. Sad to see him go. Hopefully the company will continue as he had done.

TRI Pilots On Duty
On Duty:	22
In Flight:	12
Solrain:	9
Octavius:	5
Quantar:	8
TRI:	0

Category	Pilot	Score
Kills	Algore	2,875
Kill Ratio*	_RAMSES_	410.714 %
Bounty Collected	Killntime	407,838,097
Munitions Accuracy*	Psycho	85.893 %
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Mission Success Ratio*	Arkady	100 %
Insurance Rating*	Farve	10 %
Net Worth	TomCarrer	c22,294,632,152
Duty Hours	RedDwarf	19,754.7
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	Nohbody Kalralahr, The Drakhai Pilot Name: Nohbody Joystick: TM Top Gun Fox2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Taylors, SC, USA Posts: 380 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Jim Baen, 1943-2006 Jim Baen, founder and head of Baen Books, passed away Wednesday, June 28th, due to effects of a stroke he had on June 12th. David Drake's obituary for Jim Baen (Posted here because I figured that more than a few folks here would be SF fans, given what brought most of us to JSR, if indirectly.)
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	Poseidon Member Pilot Name: Poseidon Faction: non-aligned Joystick: X45 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 133 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Big Sci-Fi fan. Great publisher with a great vision for digital distribution (http://www.webscription.net/) win no DRM. Sad to see him go. Hopefully the company will continue as he had done.

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