brunhilda Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 While I really miss both Pratchett and Wynne Jones, authors like Claudia Edwards (you probably never heard of her) and Rhonda Thompson (ditto) seemed so much more sudden and tragic. Edwards left 4 good fantasy books behind, including the first book of a new series. Thompson did a few dreadful romances and then one solid chicklit urban fantasy that showcased her potential. (After doing a web search, it seems Edwards died much later than I thought -- still dead but she didn't write for decades.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving Watch Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Quote but to that I'd add Thomas Wolfe ... and still not-quite-elderly William Faulkner Absolutely! Wolfe didn't even outlive the publishing of his last two novels, and he had so much more to say, still... Julio Cortázar. He died at 70, though, but leukaemia/AIDS (as a result of receiving a blood transfusion) is a god-awful end. Principally, I had always hoped to meet him once and maybe talk a little about Argentine aunties, the fire of all fires and Maga... Don't forget Nikolai Gogol! Considering that he burnt in a delirium some of his manuscripts, which contained most of the second part of Dead Souls - that was sin against the world, not his creative imagination, as a staret did want him to believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Karl Edward Wagner . His Kane the Mystics swords man books are favorites of mine . A dark and boarding series, Kane the main character was an immortal , antihero/villain. Much of the time when he had to be hero is was to save himself when one of schemes would backfire on him. He stopped wring Kane in the late 70's and dint really come back to him until the 1994. When he wrote the Kane story A Gothic Touch. In this story Kane meet Elric of Melnibone ( Who is one the Incarnations go the Michal Moorcocks Eternal Champion). I was very happy to see the story and sad to find out died the year it was published . No more wonderful Kane stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dora Vee Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 HP Lovecraft, Robert E Howard, H Beam Piper, and Terry Pratchett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello World Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Iain Banks. Can't think of anyone else. Imagine more Culture novels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, Hello World said: Iain Banks. Can't think of anyone else. Imagine more Culture novels... He got sick right after I discovered him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 21 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: He got sick right after I discovered him too. I was lucky and discovered him in the 90's. Not only that but I went from his SF novels to his mainstream ones and really enjoyed them also. The only other writer I miss as much is Roger Zelazny. Both died way too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 THe bumping of this thread reminded me how sad I was (and how surprised at the depth of sadness I felt ) when Terry Pratchett passed away. Usually I view these things with a sort of detached sadness but in this case it genuinely upset me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 2:49 PM, Dora Vee said: HP Lovecraft, Robert E Howard, H Beam Piper, and Terry Pratchett. Robert E Howard , was only 30 years old when ended his life in 1936 . His mother fell ill with Tuberculosis and went into comma which she wasn't coming out of . REH went to his typewriter and typed two lines from a poem and then he went out his car , took his gun and shot himself in the head . It makes me wish I had a time machine . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, HelenaExMachina said: THe bumping of this thread reminded me how sad I was (and how surprised at the depth of sadness I felt ) when Terry Pratchett passed away. Usually I view these things with a sort of detached sadness but in this case it genuinely upset me He was brilliant man and a great writer . His Discworld books made me laugh . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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