Writer Iain Banks is terminally ill...

Started by Highlander, April 03, 2013, 03:00:11 PM

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Highlander

April 03, 2013, 03:00:11 PM
One of my literary heroes, Ian M Banks, announced today via his website that he has terminal and inoperable cancer - the writing is now over and he is understandably withdrawing from public life to concentrate on doing those things and visiting those places that were only in some future that may now never be...
I can only hope that he remains fit enough for long enough to enjoy the time he has left...

Slainte Mhath Mr Banks...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

westen44

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April 06, 2013, 01:00:22 PM
Very sad news. 
It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society.  It's those who write the songs.

--Blaise Pascal

westen44

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June 09, 2013, 03:30:15 PM
It happened sooner than I thought it would.  May Iain Banks rest in peace.   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047
It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society.  It's those who write the songs.

--Blaise Pascal

Highlander

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June 10, 2013, 04:46:39 PM
Indeed... his friend and author Ken MacLeod noted his turn for the worse a short while back...

RIP... :sad:
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...
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