Madame Adequate
06-09-2013, 05:21 PM
Just a couple months after announcing that he had been diagnosed with cancer and had probably less than a year to live, Iain Banks died this morning.
BBC News - Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047)
This is some serious bullshit right here. I've been reading his stuff since high school when my teacher recommended The Wasp Factory to me, and whilst I always liked his 'mainstream' stuff it was his science fiction novels, especially the Culture setting, that really captured my imagination like few other things I've read. In fact I'd say he's a bigger influence on my writing than almost anyone else, and the sheer unbounded scale of imagination and incredible vision of the Culture has made a huge impact on me both personally and as an author.
This is some bullshit right here.
BBC News - Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047)
This is some serious bullshit right here. I've been reading his stuff since high school when my teacher recommended The Wasp Factory to me, and whilst I always liked his 'mainstream' stuff it was his science fiction novels, especially the Culture setting, that really captured my imagination like few other things I've read. In fact I'd say he's a bigger influence on my writing than almost anyone else, and the sheer unbounded scale of imagination and incredible vision of the Culture has made a huge impact on me both personally and as an author.
This is some bullshit right here.