On 5/1/2025 10:32 PM, a425couple wrote:
On 4/24/25 11:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
BC: Velociraptor JoggingBy the way, did you ever read
˙˙˙ https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/04/24
Velociraptors don't jog, they pursue.
Lynn
Boundary
by Eric Flint (and Ryk E. Spoor)
3.93 ú 1,686 Ratings ú 114 Reviews ú published 2006 ú 7 editions
Searching for the truth behind an oddly shaped fossil discovered in
the Arizona desert
(a Velociraptor - or something similar was killed by manufactured
projectiles.)
Ryk E. Spoor was an active poster of this group.
Is my memory sadly correct that he passed away?
Yes, loved the series.˙ Real Space Opera.
Ryk Spoor is hanging out on facebook when he is not super busy.
Lynn
On 5/1/25 21:45, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 5/1/2025 10:32 PM, a425couple wrote:
On 4/24/25 11:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
BC: Velociraptor JoggingBy the way, did you ever read
˙˙˙ https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/04/24
Velociraptors don't jog, they pursue.
Lynn
Boundary
by Eric Flint (and Ryk E. Spoor)
3.93 ú 1,686 Ratings ú 114 Reviews ú published 2006 ú 7 editions
Searching for the truth behind an oddly shaped fossil discovered in
the Arizona desert
(a Velociraptor - or something similar was killed by manufactured
projectiles.)
Ryk E. Spoor was an active poster of this group.
Is my memory sadly correct that he passed away?
Yes, loved the series.˙ Real Space Opera.
Ryk Spoor is hanging out on facebook when he is not super busy.
Lynn
Turns out, it was the Boundry 'co-author' Eric Flint that died.
from wiki
"Since both the Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press had ceased operations shortly after Eric Flint's death in 2022,[3][4][5] the series
was originally expected to be concluded after manuscripts that had
already been submitted to Baen prior to Flint's death were published in
the upcoming year or so.[6] In June 2023, it was announced that a new company, Flint's Shards Inc., had signed a contract with Lucille
Robbins, Eric Flint's widow and heir, to produce a new electronic
magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond that was scheduled to be
released bimonthly on the first day of odd-numbered months ,with Bjorn Hasseler as editor-in-chief, starting inSeptember 2023.[7]"
a425couple wrote:[snip-snip]
Turns out, it was the Boundry 'co-author' Eric Flint that died.
from wiki
"Since both the Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press had
ceased operations shortly after Eric Flint's death in 2022,[3][4][5]
the series was originally expected to be concluded after manuscripts
that had already been submitted to Baen prior to Flint's death were
published in the upcoming year or so.[6] In June 2023, it was
announced that a new company, Flint's Shards Inc., had signed a
contract with Lucille Robbins, Eric Flint's widow and heir, to produce
a new electronic magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond that was
scheduled to be released bimonthly on the first day of odd-numbered
months ,with Bjorn Hasseler as editor-in-chief, starting inSeptember
2023.[7]"
If you enjoyed the Flint/Spoor collaboration, their book _Fenrir_ will
be coming out in June. Ryk is posting teasers, links to which can be
found on his Facebook feed. _Fenrir_ may well be Eric Flint's last book
to see print. Dammit. The eARC is available at Baen.com.
(Ah, _Fenrir_ is not a continuation of the _Boundary_ series, nor any
other. It might be the first book of one, though. Ryk seems to have
about 30 irons in the fire atm.)
I got to thinking about success. I always figured that a writer couldexpect three material things from his work: money, readership and
My friend Eric Flint wanted a fourth thing: fame. How different thatis from the other three was driven home when his widow had to declare bankruptcy. Eric was a good writer and apparently (to me) successful. It
On 5/3/2025 9:58 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:
a425couple wrote:[snip-snip]
Turns out, it was the Boundry 'co-author' Eric Flint that died.
from wiki
"Since both the Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press had
ceased operations shortly after Eric Flint's death in 2022,[3][4][5]
the series was originally expected to be concluded after manuscripts
that had already been submitted to Baen prior to Flint's death were
published in the upcoming year or so.[6] In June 2023, it was
announced that a new company, Flint's Shards Inc., had signed a
contract with Lucille Robbins, Eric Flint's widow and heir, to
produce a new electronic magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond
that was scheduled to be released bimonthly on the first day of
odd-numbered months ,with Bjorn Hasseler as editor-in-chief, starting
inSeptember 2023.[7]"
If you enjoyed the Flint/Spoor collaboration, their book _Fenrir_ will
be coming out in June. Ryk is posting teasers, links to which can be
found on his Facebook feed. _Fenrir_ may well be Eric Flint's last
book to see print. Dammit. The eARC is available at Baen.com.
(Ah, _Fenrir_ is not a continuation of the _Boundary_ series, nor any
other. It might be the first book of one, though. Ryk seems to have
about 30 irons in the fire atm.)
Hopefully the financial complications that followed Eric Flint's death
have been resolved. Back in October 2022 David Drake wrote (https://david-drake.com/2022/newsletter-128/):
I got to thinking about success. I always figured that a writer couldexpect three material things from his work: money, readership and
awards, I wanted enough money for a comfortable life and˙enough readers
to sustain that income. I never cared about awards.
My friend Eric Flint wanted a fourth thing: fame. How different thatis from the other three was driven home when his widow had to declare bankruptcy. Eric was a good writer and apparently (to me) successful. It turns out that it’s expensive to keep up the appearance of being successful–being famous, in other words. Eric spent more money on this than he earned, so he died famous but owing a lot of money.
Ahasuerus wrote:
On 5/3/2025 9:58 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:
a425couple wrote:[snip-snip]
Turns out, it was the Boundry 'co-author' Eric Flint that died.
from wiki
"Since both the Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press had
ceased operations shortly after Eric Flint's death in 2022,[3][4][5]
the series was originally expected to be concluded after manuscripts
that had already been submitted to Baen prior to Flint's death were
published in the upcoming year or so.[6] In June 2023, it was
announced that a new company, Flint's Shards Inc., had signed a
contract with Lucille Robbins, Eric Flint's widow and heir, to
produce a new electronic magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond
that was scheduled to be released bimonthly on the first day of odd-
numbered months ,with Bjorn Hasseler as editor-in-chief, starting
inSeptember 2023.[7]"
If you enjoyed the Flint/Spoor collaboration, their book _Fenrir_
will be coming out in June. Ryk is posting teasers, links to which
can be found on his Facebook feed. _Fenrir_ may well be Eric Flint's
last book to see print. Dammit. The eARC is available at Baen.com.
(Ah, _Fenrir_ is not a continuation of the _Boundary_ series, nor any
other. It might be the first book of one, though. Ryk seems to have
about 30 irons in the fire atm.)
Hopefully the financial complications that followed Eric Flint's death
have been resolved. Back in October 2022 David Drake wrote (https://
david-drake.com/2022/newsletter-128/):
I got to thinking about success. I always figured that a writercould expect three material things from his work: money, readership
and awards, I wanted enough money for a comfortable life and˙enough
readers to sustain that income. I never cared about awards.
My friend Eric Flint wanted a fourth thing: fame. How differentthat is from the other three was driven home when his widow had to
declare bankruptcy. Eric was a good writer and apparently (to me)
successful. It turns out that it’s expensive to keep up the appearance
of being successful–being famous, in other words. Eric spent more
money on this than he earned, so he died famous but owing a lot of money.
That's really sad. I knew there were financial difficulties but I didn't realize they were bankruptcy-level bad. I wonder if bringing new writers along through the Ring of Fire stories had much to do with it. It
certainly seemed like Eric Flint should have had a comfortable living.
Then again, I don't really know how much money an author actually nets
from their works.
On 5/1/25 21:45, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 5/1/2025 10:32 PM, a425couple wrote:
On 4/24/25 11:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
BC: Velociraptor JoggingBy the way, did you ever read
˙˙˙ https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2025/04/24
Velociraptors don't jog, they pursue.
Lynn
Boundary
by Eric Flint (and Ryk E. Spoor)
3.93 ú 1,686 Ratings ú 114 Reviews ú published 2006 ú 7 editions
Searching for the truth behind an oddly shaped fossil discovered in
the Arizona desert
(a Velociraptor - or something similar was killed by manufactured
projectiles.)
Ryk E. Spoor was an active poster of this group.
Is my memory sadly correct that he passed away?
Yes, loved the series.˙ Real Space Opera.
Ryk Spoor is hanging out on facebook when he is not super busy.
Lynn
Turns out, it was the Boundry 'co-author' Eric Flint that died.
from wiki
"Since both the Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press had ceased operations shortly after Eric Flint's death in 2022,[3][4][5] the series
was originally expected to be concluded after manuscripts that had
already been submitted to Baen prior to Flint's death were published in
the upcoming year or so.[6] In June 2023, it was announced that a new company, Flint's Shards Inc., had signed a contract with Lucille
Robbins, Eric Flint's widow and heir, to produce a new electronic
magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond that was scheduled to be
released bimonthly on the first day of odd-numbered months ,with Bjorn Hasseler as editor-in-chief, starting inSeptember 2023.[7]"
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