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Iain Banks

Postby Savara » Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:09 pm

Sad, sad news indeed. Iain Banks has terminal cancer.
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Re: Iain Banks

Postby Polito45 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:24 pm

Man that's sad.

There's that twisted sense of humour of his... He proposed to his partner by asking her - 'Will you do me the honour of becoming my widow?".

Coincidentally, two or three nights ago I decided to read through my collection of all his sci-fi novels again.
I'm half way through Consider Phlebas. :shock:

I didn't realise he had a new Culture book out - "The Hydrogen Sonata"
I'll save that for the end and I guess that will be that so.

Fuck.
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Re: Iain Banks

Postby DJ » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:18 pm

James Herbert is actually dead, like, right now. Another author of incredible talent with some great stories, and no more. All very sad indeed.
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Re: Iain Banks

Postby MrPeg » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:10 pm

Rip Herbey.

Scared me something proper when I read 'The Rats' when i was 11.
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Re: Iain Banks

Postby RB » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:18 pm

Gone now :(
A slight majority of a statistically worthless sample size agree.
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Re: Iain Banks

Postby Polito45 » Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:37 pm

Bollocks. That was quick. :shock:
I thought I'd get to the end of my collection of his sci-fi and read his 2 new ones before he shuffled off. Oh well.

Requiescat in pace.
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Re: Iain Banks

Postby Savara » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:03 pm

:-( :-(
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Re: Iain Banks

Postby Dan » Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:46 pm

Tom Sharpe has karked it as well. Not a good week for authors.
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