Iain Banks dies of cancer :(

[Kadarin]

Slashdot is reporting that the scifi author of the Culture and other novels, Iain Banks, has died of gall bladder cancer at the age of 59: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/06/09/1550206/iain-banks-dies-of-cancer-at-59

Thank you Iain, for bringing your visions and imagination to us. I really enjoyed your work, and today I think the world is a sadder place.

 

[_Rick_]

aw shucks, he had a nice writing style.

 

[Kadarin]

I loved the ship names he came up with. I think my favorite was "Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints" from Surface Detail.

 

[BladeVenom]

RIP

 

[UglyCasanova]

Haven't read anything by him yet.

 

[aayush]

feeling sorry to hear that

 

[Exterous]

Awwww :'( I almost always look to see if there is a new Culture novel out when I look for books to read.

I loved the ship names he came up with. I think my favorite was "Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints" from Surface Detail.

:thumbsup:

 

[preslove]

I just read consider phlebas. One of his first books "The Bridge" is also fantastic, if you can find it in the states.

 

[Puppies04]

Heard about this a couple of days ago, started reading his books. So far the wasp factory and consider phlebas. I like his writing style.