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Devastating. Werthead Send a noteboard - 09/06/2013 05:23:35 PM

PLAYER OF GAMES, USE OF WEAPONS, EXCESSION and LOOK TO WINDWARD, at the very least, are in the canon of all-time great SF novels. From his maintream fiction, THE WASP FACTOR is a genuinely great book.

I never met him myself, but I've never heard anyone say a bad word about him.

RIP
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Iain Banks has passed away today. *NM* - 09/06/2013 04:14:28 PM 445 Views
Very sad. 59 is so young. *NM* - 09/06/2013 04:38:54 PM 299 Views
Devastating. - 09/06/2013 05:23:35 PM 867 Views
Terrible shame. - 09/06/2013 05:29:51 PM 719 Views
It's been revealed his new book The Quarry, which he was 87,000 words into when he was diagnosed... - 09/06/2013 05:54:56 PM 861 Views
Wow. - 09/06/2013 06:15:09 PM 806 Views
Sad thing. - 09/06/2013 06:38:39 PM 901 Views

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