Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
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Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
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Poor Iain.
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This totally sucks, hope his road goes smooth. Going to miss more Culture books!
EDIT: I wonder how long he has known, the last 2 culture books had very heavy death/afterlife themes which make more sense now if he was contemplating his own exit.
EDIT: I wonder how long he has known, the last 2 culture books had very heavy death/afterlife themes which make more sense now if he was contemplating his own exit.
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That is sad to hear.
There must be something perverse in me though, because I've noticed that I enjoy books more after the authors are dead. Guess I'll be trying all those Culture novels sooner than I thought.
There must be something perverse in me though, because I've noticed that I enjoy books more after the authors are dead. Guess I'll be trying all those Culture novels sooner than I thought.
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Very sad and shocking, indeed. Such a great talent.
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I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
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Re your edit, I had the same thought.Ampoliros wrote:This totally sucks, hope his road goes smooth. Going to miss more Culture books!
EDIT: I wonder how long he has known, the last 2 culture books had very heavy death/afterlife themes which make more sense now if he was contemplating his own exit.
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What a sad news. I hope he will not suffer much.
"... the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
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Sad news for science fiction and literature.
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Apparently he's only known it for a couple of months.Ampoliros wrote:This totally sucks, hope his road goes smooth. Going to miss more Culture books!
EDIT: I wonder how long he has known, the last 2 culture books had very heavy death/afterlife themes which make more sense now if he was contemplating his own exit.
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By the way, i can only hope the same thing doesn't happen to George R.R. Martin.
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Today is a sad day for science fiction and literature.
Iain Banks left the world a richer place than he found it. No more can be asked of any writer.
Iain Banks left the world a richer place than he found it. No more can be asked of any writer.
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Deeply saddening. He was truly a great writer, whose books were thought provoking, and fun to read. He will be missed.
Damn.
HBJ
Damn.
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"The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars."
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
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Iain's passing is a huge loss to literature. This is a sad day.
"... the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
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Man, the greats of the genre are really going --Banks, Bradbury, Farmer, Clarke, etc. ...hopefully some new SF authors can fill their shoes.
This article is a nice one about Banks, btw.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/book ... elves.html
This article is a nice one about Banks, btw.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/book ... elves.html
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Rest in peace or sublime with pleasure.in Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks wrote:“The bomb lives only as it is falling.”