Datepalm Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 :frown5: :frown5: :frown5:Off to read a culture book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of Godsgrace Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Shit, I didn't expect it to happen so soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 FUCK.R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 :( RIPSo it turns out his last book, which he'd nearly finished when he found out he had cancer, is about a man struggling with cancer. Sometimes the world is mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Very sad news :frown5:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixshells Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 :( So soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tyrion I Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 So soon. That's so sad. =o(R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 This is so sad. I hope he managed to find a little bit of happiness during those last few months. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupigis Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 That was indeed far too fast!It's more than 25 years since I read my first novel by him (The Bridge). I would be lying if I said that I became an instant hardcore fan, but it certainly got me interested, and after reading The Wasp Factory, and some time later Consider Phlebas, I was hooked. Since then, I have had so much fun reading his books, and I have always looked forward to the next.Oh, how he will be missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 We all knew this was comming. Doesn't make it any easier. RIP Mr. Banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Very sad news. R.I.P. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papirolle Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 R.I.P. Mr Banks! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Fucking hell :(Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubies & Jade Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 This is a terribly sad. :( RIP to a great writer~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 We lost one of the greats - there is no doubt about that. He revived the space opera in way that no one would have predicted. I drank a dram of Highland Park to his memory last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I'm going to go with sci's reply.FUCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohn Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 We were all expecting this, but the suddenness of it was still shocking.Rest in Peace, Mr Banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousGeorge Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 RIP - The Wasp Factory was the only book we studied at school where every single kid in the class was absolutely hooked. The Crow Road is one of the funniest books I have ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Killer Snark Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I've only read The Wasp Factory and Complicity, but loved them both, so RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Final interview with Banks from the Guardian:http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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