One of the greats, Harry Harrison, has left us. I grew up reading the Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero books, and they shaped my writing. Anyone familiar with Harry's work should easily be able to spot his influence in my stories (e.g. "Save Galaxy Fast" or "Elf Esteem"). His takes on bureaucracy, the military (in which he served) and other groups of people that generate their own idiocy were wonderous to behold.

Slippery Jim DiGriz has shed the cover identity of Harry Harrison and left the planet- nobody can catch him now. We'd give two left arms to have him back, but all we can do is raise our plate of okra and salute him.