Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 03 Apr 2013 08:54
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Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
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Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:55
Poor Iain.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 03 Apr 2013 17:06
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.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 03 Apr 2013 20:57
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.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 04 Apr 2013 00:19
Very sad and shocking, indeed. Such a great talent.
HBJ
HBJ
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 04 Apr 2013 02:23
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.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 04 Apr 2013 03:14
What a sad news. I hope he will not suffer much.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 04 Apr 2013 12:33
Sad news for science fiction and literature.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 04 Apr 2013 13:23
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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I first thought something might be wrong when I developed a sore back in late January, but put this down to the fact I'd started writing at the beginning of the month and so was crouched over a keyboard all day. When it hadn't gone away by mid-February, I went to my GP, who spotted that I had jaundice. Blood tests, an ultrasound scan and then a CT scan revealed the full extent of the grisly truth by the start of March.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 04 Apr 2013 14:47
By the way, i can only hope the same thing doesn't happen to George R.R. Martin.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 09 Jun 2013 13:41
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.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 09 Jun 2013 20:14
A black ribbon day
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:19
Deeply saddening. He was truly a great writer, whose books were thought provoking, and fun to read. He will be missed.
Damn.
HBJ
Damn.
HBJ
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:01
Iain's passing is a huge loss to literature. This is a sad day.
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:21
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 10 Jun 2013 14:34
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
Re: Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:27
Rest in peace or sublime with pleasure.in Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks wrote:“The bomb lives only as it is falling.”