I have written a draft obituary for Jim Blaut, and appended a bibliography and a personal reminiscence by David Stea, for the Cultural Ecology Newsletter of the AAG at http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/destin/simon/cen/cen36.htm any comments welcome. Dr Simon Batterbury Lecturer, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN) LSE, Houghton St London WC2A 2AE, UK fax (+44) 020-7955-6844 telephone (+44) 020-7955-7771 (direct) 7425 (general office) Web pages: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/destin/simon/homepage/simon1.html