Les was a regular at TusCon, our local SF convention, and an enthusiastic and cheerful and friendly and all-around interesting person wherever I was lucky enough to get to talk to him for a bit. He was just beginning to sell his own writing, and I’m sorry we won’t get to see more of it; but I’m more sorry that the world won’t get to be improved by his presence in it for a while longer yet.
Sad news
westonochse has both posted more eloquently than I could about the death of Les Reese today.