Asenath Hammond

[kinzel]

Old friends and fans may recall Asenath Hammond as one of the travelling East Coast con and fanzine fans who eventually migrated west -- I met her in the early 70s. IIRC she'd been a fan in Boston, later moved to NY, and then I think Minnesota and California.

She later  married Rick Sternbach (they stayed with Sue and I in Owings Mills while he was visiting the Smithsonian) and Sharon and I later saw them (circa 1987) when we did some business on the West coast while waiting for Agent of Change to appear.

According to several reports in hand, Asenath died yesterday, apparently succumbing to the combination of immune-system disorders she'd been plagued with for much of her life. Too many stories to tell, and this is not the time.

Not here, but not forgot.

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[kate-schaefer.livejournal.com]

I knew Asenath and Rick in the late seventies, when we were all members of the New Haven Science Fiction Society, with the acronym pronounced "Fred". They were a few years older than I, engaged on the serious business of life, while I was an impoverished and still frivolous college student. We only overlapped for a few meetings, including a very small Halloween party. I was dressed as the Queen of the Night (and had to alternate between explaining the opera to non-opera fans and saying no, I could not sing those arias to opera fans). Rick was dressed as an off-duty astronaut in a jumpsuit that looked like a formal version of a gas station attendant's uniform. I can't remember whether Asenath was wearing a costume or simply dressed normally, for her. Either way, she was much more glamorous and glittering than anyone else there.

She was friendly and kind to me. I never met her again after that.