Hatrack River Forum: Iain Banks is dying of cancer

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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

[Frown]

Announcement here.

I keep wanting to make a grim joke about Culture ship names, but all my attempts are lame.

Posted by Tuukka (Member # 12124) on :

Crap.

Iain has written some of my favorite books of all time. I haven't read much of his interviews, but he always seemed like a really cool bloke to me.

Hopefully his last months will be joyous and full of life.

Posted by Destineer (Member # 821) on :

Jay Lake, too. Sucks.

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

Dang. He's definitely one of the best. All the best to him and his family.

Posted by Thesifer (Member # 12890) on :

This sucks. I loved his writing.