Son of Hugo Award Winning Sci-Fi Novelist Killed In Virginia Tech Massacre

ToM's sad sympathies go out to Hugo and Locus Award Winning science-fiction writer Michael Bishop, whose son Christopher "Jamie" Bishop was one of the people brutally murdered by Cho Seung-Hui at Virginia Tech yesterday.

From Fox News' list of partial victim obituaries:

Bishop, 35, wore his hair long, rode his bike to campus and worked alongside his wife in the foreign languages department at Virginia Tech, according to the Los Angeles Times. He was known for his gentle manner and generosity toward students.

"I don't think he was the type of person who had an enemy," Troy Paddock, a close friend whose wife also teaches in the German program, told the Times. "He was a very friendly person. He was a nice and helpful person."

The Georgia native was an avid hiker, movie and Atlanta Braves fan, and was said to be very popular with students.

Jamie had a wife, Stefanie Hofer, who also taught German at Virginia Tech. She was unharmed.

As is nearly any gesture in response to such tragedy, buying a Michael Bishop novel right now is horribly impotent, but it's the gesture I can think of.

Horrid news of a possible death [theinferior4+1]