At PASS last fall I had the opportunity to meet one of the Apress editors, James Huddleston. I spent quite a bit of time talking to him about a number of topics and we even kicked around some book ideas. I was really looking forward to working with him in the future because he was just such an interesting guy. I found out last week that he pass away suddenly, and I'd like to extend my sincerest condolences to hi At PASS last fall I had the opportunity to meet one of the Apress editors, James Huddleston. I spent quite a bit of time talking to him about a number of topics and we even kicked around some book ideas. I was really looking forward to working with him in the future because he was just such an interesting guy. I found out last week that he pass away suddenly, and I’d like to extend my sincerest condolences to his family.Here’s the release I got from Apress: It’s with great sadness that Apress learned one of their own, editor James Huddleston, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 25, leaving his partner Judith, and a young family. He will be missed. He took pride in his work as an editor, but equally gratifying was his work as a classicist. His translations, from the original Greek, of Homer’s Odyssey and Hesiod’s Shield of Herakles can be found on The Chicago Homer: https://www.library.northwestern.edu/homer/.You know, it’s always saddened me that when someone dies, their live is summed up in just a couple sentences. Is it really possible to do that? Well, it’s what we’ve got though, so I guess we have to live with it. The other thing that gets to me is just the injustice of it all. Here you’ve got a hard-working family man who actually contributed something to society, and he gets a couple lines. Then you’ve got Anna Nicole who got tons of press on everything from her hairdresser to the guy who designed her coffin lid. Whatever.Take care James. Databases