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Jay Lake
Jay Lake
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Currently, Schlock Mercenary's site includes a cartoon drawn by Howard Tayler, "Clockwork Departure," specifically to commemorate Jay Lake, who died Sunday.  His writing included a clockpunk series beginning with Mainspring.
The reference at the Schlock site was the first I'd ever even heard of Jay Lake.  To judge from the comments people attached to "Clockwork Departure," that was my loss.  He wasn't quite 50 yet.  The saying, "Taken too soon," comes to mind.

If you don't normally read Schlock Mercenary, I nevertheless urge you to visit the site this week at least to see "Clockwork Departure."  
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He was a friend of a friend, and my Facebook is filled with a number of remembrances of the man. I can't say that I've read his work, but he seems to have been quite the influence in the organization of writers' workshops and the inspiration and guidance of new writers in the F/SF scene.
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