Ormond Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 (edited) I think there should be an R.I.P. thread for authors in this forum separate from the one in Entertainment. Anyway, Greg Bear died back on November 20. Since he was born the same year I was, I definitely think he died too young. I haven't read many of his works but I did read his Songs of Earth and Power duology and really enjoyed it. https://www.geekwire.com/2022/greg-bear-1951-2022-science-fiction-writer/ Edited December 17, 2023 by Ormond spelling Ran and Gaston de Foix 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 A shame. I remember reading his Eon soon after it came out in 1985 . An exhilarating hard SF ride at the time, despite its flaws, with several books worth of ideas packed into it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 I know this is late, but thought I should mention the death of Suzy McKee Charnas on this thread. She was one of the first authors to publish strongly feminist science fiction. She won a Tiptree award for her 1999 novel The Conqueror's Child and also won one Nebula and one Hugo each for short stories: https://locusmag.com/2023/01/suzy-mckee-charnas-1939-2023/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 British author Christopher Fowler has died of cancer: https://locusmag.com/2023/03/christopher-fowler-1953-2023/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielAbraham Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/books/suzy-mckee-charnas-dead.html Suzy was one of my first mentors in the field along with Fred Saberhagen. She was a lovely person and excellent company. RedEyedGhost, Ormond and Gaston de Foix 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 Just saw John Jakes died on March 11. https://locusmag.com/2023/03/john-jakes-1932-2023/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jakes When his novel North and South was turned into a TV miniseries in 1985, it switched the common gender of Ashton from male to female as a baby name. A decade later it switched back to male because of the fame of Ashton Kutcher. Ran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Rachel Pollack, author of the World Fantasy Award winning novel Godmother Night among other works, has died at age 77. https://locusmag.com/2023/04/rachel-pollack-1945-2023/ Ran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 Since it was just mentioned in the Mystery thread thought I should post some links for obituaries of Anne Perry here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/04/13/anne-perry-death-murder-crime-books/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/12/anne-perry-killer-turned-writer-dies-84 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65261971 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/books/anne-perry-dead.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/131745930/teen-murderer-turned-crime-writer-anne-perry-sought-forgiveness-through-faith-biographer-says dog-days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuzu Bolin Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 (edited) Martin Amis. London Fields, Money, The Information - all classic late 20th Century Novels. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/martin-amis-era-defining-british-novelist-dies-aged-73?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1684609399 Edited May 20, 2023 by Zuzu Bolin Ormond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Time's Arrow has such a powerful conceit. A great author. So strange that he dies just as Jonathan Glazer's film adapting (very, very loosely) Amis's The Zone of Interest has caused a stir at Cannes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy has died at age 89. https://lithub.com/cormac-mccarthy-has-died-at-age-89/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/books/cormac-mccarthy-dead.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/cormac-mccarthy-pulitzer-winning-novelist-known-apocalyptic-westerns-d-rcna89128 Ran, The Grey Wolf Strikes Back and Nictarion 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 A tremendous loss to letters. What a writer. For those of a more cinematic bent, No Country For Old Men is a fantastic adaptation of McCarthy's novel (who originally wrote it as a screenplay), and The Road is another harrowing adaptation. All The Pretty Horses is pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 I really liked All The Pretty Horses, but The Road, I didn't read it. I bounced hard off dystopian and apocalyptic fiction a looooooooooooooooooooooooon time ago. It was all too real, and getting more real every year. All of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Ah, damn. I don't think I've read anything from him I didn't enjoy or reread. Still haven't read the Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, or Stella Maris. Suttree, BM, and the Road are true classics for me. Will have to crack Stella Maris soon in tribute. Thanks for all the wonderful words. I read just last week that McCarthy had started tackling a Blood Meridian adaptation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Ya with John Hillcoat directing. The proposition is awesome so slight hope it could be good but idk if it will still happen now. RIP. Reading blood merdian in high school was something Larry of the Lawn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 McCarthy was the best author of my lifetime. The world is a darker place. Ran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maia Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 I didn't know that he was so old! But it certainly explains a some things that I had issues with in his otherwise brilliant "The Road", which I listened to a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zorral Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 18 hours ago, Stego said: McCarthy was the best author of my lifetime. The world is a darker place. ???????? The world we are in is as least -- much more even -- darker than his. Because, you know, real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Milan Kundera, author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', dies aged 94 Myshkin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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