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Title: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: apocrypha on April 03, 2013, 05:00:10 AM Iain Banks has been diagnosed with gall bladder cancer (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/03/iain-banks-gall-bladder-cancer) and is "extremely unlikely" to live beyond a year.
This is very sad, he's only 61. Great writer, great character, great politics. I sincerely hope he and his loved ones find a way to make the coming months as little of a nightmare for them as possible. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Morat20 on April 03, 2013, 05:27:58 AM Well, that just...sucks.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: RhyssaFireheart on April 03, 2013, 05:59:29 AM Boo. That's got to be rough, especially finding out like that with basically no symptoms until it's too late.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: tar on April 03, 2013, 06:05:56 AM Damn. Lot of respect for the man, both as an author and in general.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Khaldun on April 03, 2013, 07:29:48 AM Just saw this as well. Terrible news.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Signe on April 03, 2013, 07:32:01 AM :heartbreak:
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Surlyboi on April 03, 2013, 01:47:43 PM Meh. The world will lose an amazing writer sooner than it should.
Get your bits checked, people. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Abagadro on April 03, 2013, 04:07:48 PM That blows. Same age and circumstances as my dad (oh hey, here's some stage 4 metastatic cancer, too bad for you!).
Fuck cancer. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Bzalthek on April 03, 2013, 04:36:24 PM Man, I just finished his culture stuff, too. That was some superb shit. This really blows.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Venkman on April 03, 2013, 05:08:02 PM Yea this is a real shame, I feel bad for him, especially as it sounds like he didn't have a lot of notice.
Halfway through his Culture books. Really love them. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Tale on April 03, 2013, 07:24:42 PM Can't have too many regrets. He has really lived. And written so much! As Iain Banks and Iain M Banks. Complicity and The Crow Road are insanely good non-scifi books of his.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Lantyssa on April 03, 2013, 07:58:59 PM I freaked for a second until I realized it was spelled 'wrong'. Still sucks though. :(
Fuck cancer. Fuck. Cancer.Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: K9 on April 04, 2013, 06:29:22 AM Fuck cancer, seriously.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Shannow on April 04, 2013, 07:46:49 AM in the ass, with a baseball bat.
I actually didn't know who this was, wikied it and then realised I'd actually read one of his culture books. heh. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: MahrinSkel on April 04, 2013, 08:40:41 AM He probably had more effect on me than any other author except maybe RAH. I'm not going to go into detail, make it seem I think this is more of a tragedy for me than him and his family. I just want to make it clear that I believe we're all losing something important.
--Dave Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Soln on April 04, 2013, 07:28:43 PM Sad news indeed. One of the few authors I bother re-reading.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Morat20 on April 04, 2013, 07:44:27 PM He probably had more effect on me than any other author except maybe RAH. I'm not going to go into detail, make it seem I think this is more of a tragedy for me than him and his family. I just want to make it clear that I believe we're all losing something important. I think every time we lose an artist -- any artist -- is particularly tragic. We never have enough of those. :(--Dave Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: tgr on April 05, 2013, 03:37:13 AM Well, this sucks.
And Soln said exactly what I was thinking, he's one of the few authors whose books I've read more than once. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: apocrypha on June 09, 2013, 09:15:55 AM Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047).
That didn't take long, less than 2 months after he announced he had gall bladder cancer :( His last book, The Quarry, is about cancer and will be released in a couple of weeks. Glad he managed to finish that, very sad that he's dead so young. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Arthur_Parker on June 09, 2013, 09:24:28 AM shit :sad:
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Korachia on June 09, 2013, 09:44:41 AM :( Damn shame.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Surlyboi on June 09, 2013, 09:49:49 AM :heartbreak:
Rest in peace, you magnificent bastard. Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: RhyssaFireheart on June 09, 2013, 12:23:42 PM :( :heartbreak:
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Quinton on June 09, 2013, 01:34:04 PM Goddamn. What a loss. :heartbreak:
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: Soln on June 09, 2013, 02:23:35 PM Very sad. Last update seemed somehow a bit positive. A loss.
Title: Re: Iain Banks has terminal cancer. Post by: schad on June 09, 2013, 04:22:09 PM Scotch for dinner tonight. The good stuff too. :heartbreak:
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