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[james_davis_nicoll]

Harriet Klausner, of Morrow, passed away on October 15, 2015. Mrs. Klausner was a reviewer of books and a newspaper columnist. At one time she was the #1 ranked reviewer on Amazon.com.

Comments

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness. May she rest in peace and her family find comfort.

[seawasp]

She reviewed many of my books. Most of them had a strange, hallucinogenic aspect to them that indicated she just skimmed and read the back copy, but ONE of them she had clearly read in depth, and liked, and gave a pretty detailed review of.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Amusingly, the only one of my books that her review suggested she'd actually read she HATED with a livid, fiery passion.

Really??

[seawasp]

Which one, if I may ask? I don't think I've ever SEEN a negative Klausner review.

Re: Really??

[autopope.livejournal.com]

From memory, I think it was "Rule 34". Lots of Scottish dialect, multi-viewpoint second person present tense, crimes that don't exist yet, and with two exceptions all the characters were LGBTQ.

I think it challenged her expectations somewhat. (She thought she was eating a chocolate chip cookie and discovered she'd bitten into a pickled onion.)

Re: Really??

[w. dow rieder (from livejournal.com)]

Are you counting the AI as one of the non-LGBTQ characters? Because if not, I can't think of the one that isn't the Toymaker. Multiple second person, while fun to read, made it difficult for me to coherently remember minor characters.

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

Much comfort to her family in this terrible time.

And I'm surprised her obit doesn't say she was also a space vampire who became a pirate to search for her lost dragon.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

" ... a space vampire who became a pirate to search for her lost dragon"

Do you mind if I steal that sentence and turn it into a novel?

It's what she'd have wanted.

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

If you can work Ms. Klausner's name in there, I think that would be excellent.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

My sympathies to her family and friends. I think like most people who knew her only professionally, I never quite understood her approach.

[lampwick1.livejournal.com]

I once saw a book with a quote from Harriet Klausner on it, and my first thought was, What on earth was the publisher thinking???

[pameladean]

This is curiously shocking news. I guess I thought she was eternal, a force of nature.

P.

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, and she wasn't very old, either.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Good grief. She was only seven years older than I am.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

Harriet Klausner was real?