tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post5922433732216242618..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: RIP Iain BanksAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-47071255509634007602013-06-11T14:28:38.781+00:002013-06-11T14:28:38.781+00:00Heard him give a talk with Kim Stanley Robinson at...Heard him give a talk with Kim Stanley Robinson at the British Library on utopian sci-fi last summer. He was so full of joie de vivre, it's baffling to think he's no longer with us :(Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622441892958864311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-40687412791602458022013-06-10T22:57:15.024+00:002013-06-10T22:57:15.024+00:00Lovely tribute and article. He's a hero.Lovely tribute and article. He's a hero.Hippaforalkus1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03388340679792451530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66270533981086558612013-06-10T13:02:05.795+00:002013-06-10T13:02:05.795+00:00So sad... so many good writers going or gone T_T h...So sad... so many good writers going or gone T_T he will be missedailyn koayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01876123482327351415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-6192113211854602112013-06-10T02:00:29.566+00:002013-06-10T02:00:29.566+00:00Sad to hear. While only have read a couple of bo...Sad to hear. While only have read a couple of books (COnsider, and Player of Games) they were fantastic novels. <br /><br />:(Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880298916426357358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-69770850516139333542013-06-09T22:40:55.752+00:002013-06-09T22:40:55.752+00:00So sad. This is the first time that the death of a...So sad. This is the first time that the death of an author whose work I have loved has actually reduced me to tears. <br /><br />Makes it clear how special a writer he was to his readers. <br /><br />As Tiberius Gracchus put it on the Guardian website: <br /><br />[tight beam, m8, tra. @n.4.30.624.1233]<br />xEccentric Tiberius Gracchus<br />oROU Iain M. Banks<br />Bugger. Thoughts to your widow, friends and family<br />∞Malkatrazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902646162437341233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-88035460791768141502013-06-09T21:25:48.731+00:002013-06-09T21:25:48.731+00:00I have not read any of his work but much of my twi...I have not read any of his work but much of my twitter feed today was discussing what a great loss this is to readers so I ordered The Wasp Factory and put it on my TBR list. Condolences to his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-20982051231103566242013-06-09T18:56:07.045+00:002013-06-09T18:56:07.045+00:00I'm very saddened to hear this. All my condole...I'm very saddened to hear this. All my condolences and best wishes to his family!Raquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181855641076360454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-72218655251309985482013-06-09T17:27:10.860+00:002013-06-09T17:27:10.860+00:00Terrible news. Condolences to his family. I will m...Terrible news. Condolences to his family. I will miss his Culture novels which i have enjoyed over the years. It was his books that got me back into SF after I tired of it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com