Sad Sci-Fi news

[Lockhouse]

This is sad, but to be honest I'd never heard of him before he announced he was dying.

Am I in a tiny minority?

Definitely.

[Zippy]

Sympathies to his family

[Doggy Styles]

Definitely.

I mostly got sci-fi out of my system as a schoolboy. My father was a fan and had loads of sci-fi books, and I read many of them at the time - typical stuff like Asimov, Bradbury, and those Analog books of shorter stories.

I've read a few new ones over the years since, but I am no longer particularly interested. I've heard of some contemporary sci-fi writers, but not Iain Banks. His name meant absolutely nothing to me until it was reported that he was ill.

[original PM]

he wrote sci fi as Iain M Banks -

but yes sadly missed

[administrator]

Sad news. RIP.

[d000hg]

Oh Arse. One of my all time favourite authors

No more culture novels

Try Alastair Reynolds.

[eek]

Try Alastair Reynolds.

or Charles Stross. Hannu Rajaniemi may also be worth a try.