Jun. 22nd, 2013

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So sadly, in April, my friend Donna died. She was a fantastic lady, a truly nice person who was always cheerful and fun to be with, and a super-big scifi and fantasy fan, who started going to cons in the early 1980s and never stopped. :) She was, in fact, the one who took me to my first Worldcon, in 1998. She fought breast cancer for two years but it was a nasty one and finally got her, but up till the end Donna was upbeat and loving and going to cons. She did Worldcon in Chicago with us last year in September, and she was hardcore conning it with her breathing machine and everything! She was an AWESOME PERSON and I miss her still.

Anyway, when Donna passed, she had no children, though she had siblings and nieces and nephews, and her family and husband sadly did not share her passion for science fiction. She left a few things to some people, me included (dude, she left me an ORIGINAL 1982 "Revenge of the Jedi" Star Wars Fan Club poster! Is that not the most awesome?) but mostly her nearest and dearest had no idea what to do with the stuff she'd spent thirty years filling the house. So I basically packed my car full on at least two trips, promising to find good homes for Donna's stuff, with people who will appreciate it.

I've been able to share some of her (many many many) books here and there with great people, but it's looking like a good number of books will make their way to a fan-run scifi charity that will distribute books to youngsters. That's cool, right? Anyway, she had some super-cool fanzines and things that I just KNOW someone will want. FOR FREE! I wouldn't mind if someone sent me three bucks here or there for envelopes and media mail postage, but mostly I want to find homes for these things she collected and loved. And they're soooo neato.

Lots of pictures under this cut (EDIT: Yay, just a couple left (until I go through more things, haha)! I knew you guys would enjoy this stuff!):

Click this link so see some of the free and awesome fanzines you should adopt )
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