Obit watch: January 15, 2014.

Neal Barrett, Jr., one of the great Texas SF writers.

Madeline Arakawa Gins, of Arakawa and Gins fame.

Their work was underpinned by a philosophy they called Reversible Destiny. Its chief tenet, as the catalog of a 1997 joint exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo put it, was, “Reversible Destiny: We Have Decided Not to Die.”

Gins was 72. Arakawa passed away in 2010 at the age of 73.

Edited to add: the Statesman published an obituary for Mr. Barrett. Bad news: it is behind the paywall and thus unlinkable.

2 Responses to “Obit watch: January 15, 2014.”

  1. stainles says:

    I was using the link off of the Statesman’s front page; the link you provided above appears to be to be a blog entry by the same guy, and is probably close enough for government work.

    Thanks.