Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Judith Merril
Born: January 21, 1923
Died: September 12, 1997 (aged 74)
Bio: Judith Josephine Grossman, who took the pen-name Judith Merril about 1945, was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist, and one of the first women to be widely influential in those roles.
Known for:
- Shadow on the Hearth (1950)
- The Tomorrow People (1960)
- Homecalling And Other Stories







