YoungWillz 21,247 Posted June 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Butts was an arse doing that to you, Willz. He's not the worst. There's one that might send me over the edge..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 30, 2018 You might have been whooshed there YW..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,247 Posted June 30, 2018 3 hours ago, charon said: You might have been whooshed there YW..... Nah, I got it. You simply can't make a bottom joke around a gay man and him not get it...Ha! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted June 30, 2018 Vanessa Lafaye's last manuscript has been completed and will be published in November, setting up a possible end-of-year decider if any literary supplements review it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 1, 2018 Author & theologian Kim Fabricius has died. http://www.faith-theology.com/2018/07/rip-kim-fabricius-1948-2018.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 2, 2018 Advertising executive-turned-author Anne Tolstoi Wallach has died. She was 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/obituaries/anne-wallach-whose-advertising-novel-caused-a-stir-dies-at-89.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 9, 2018 According to a Facebook post, Marion Woodman, an author and Jungian analyst, has died. She was 90. http://harrisfuneralhome.ca/obits.php?id=1924 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 10, 2018 On 03/05/2018 at 12:46, gcreptile said: Liu Xiaobo's widow "ready to die" as well: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43985629 Not exactly the right thread but I wanted to document the trail of destruction. Widow Liu Xia has left China. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/liu-xia-nobel-laureates-widow-allowed-to-leave-china-for-europe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 11, 2018 Price M. Cobbs, a psychiatrist who co-authored the 1968 book 'Black Rage', which helped define the deep-seeded anger black Americans were feeling, has died. He was 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/obituaries/price-cobbs-who-helped-define-black-rage-is-dead-at-89.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytbooks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 13, 2018 Clive King, author of the children's classic 'Stig of the Dump', has died. He was 94. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44823636 A solo DDP pick and a joker. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted July 13, 2018 16 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Clive King, author of the children's classic 'Stig of the Dump', has died. He was 94. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44823636 A solo DDP pick and a joker. Well I'm not down in the dumps. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,247 Posted July 13, 2018 Fascinated by this book when I were but a lad. TV adaptation, not so much, it was ok. RIP Clive. Well done @Bibliogryphon on your unique Joker. I can only dream of such things. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,135 Posted July 13, 2018 2 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Clive King, author of the children's classic 'Stig of the Dump', has died. He was 94. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44823636 A solo DDP pick and a joker. Dumped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted July 13, 2018 I got him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 13, 2018 Must be children's author day today.Christine Noestlinger, an Austrian author best known for her children's books such as "Fiery Frederica" and "Fly Away Home," has died at the age of 81. The Residenz publishing house in Vienna said on Friday that Noestlinger died June 28 after a short illness. She was the recipient of numerous prizes for her work, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1984 and the inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2003. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 16, 2018 On 16/09/2017 at 14:02, Thatcher said: On 10/09/2017 at 14:04, Joey Russ said: Nabeel Qureshi has revealed that doctors have given up on treating him. Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock... Dead aged 34 apparently - a DDP pick. David Wood (the man responsible for converting Nabeel Qureshi from Islam to Christianity) new video saying how Qureshi's family has never liked him. Intersting clip of Nabeel and his father to open the video. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 17, 2018 John A. Stormer, whose self-published Cold War book 'None Dare Call it Treason' became a rallying point for the emerging 1960s conservative movement, has died. He was 90. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-john-stormer-20180716-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 19, 2018 Jessica Mann, a crime novelist, social historian and journalist, as well as a former Daily Telegraph columnist & reviewer, has died. She was 80. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/07/17/jessica-mann-crime-writer-journalist-broadcaster-obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 22, 2018 Brian Kellow, author of several books including a biography of Ethel Merman, as well as a long-time editor at Opera News, has died. He was 59. https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2018/7/News/Brian_Kellow.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 26, 2018 Wynter Pitts, a noted Christian author, niece of prominent pastor Tony Evans and mother of 'War Room' actress Alena Pitts, has died. She was 38. https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/christian-author-speaker-wynter-pitts-dies-unexpectedly.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 26, 2018 Clara Sereni, an Italian writer of Jewish descent and the author of several books, has died. She was 71. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2018/07/26/news/e_morta_clara_sereni-202732453/&prev=search Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 27, 2018 Mel Rosen, who wrote numerous crossword puzzle books , including 'The Compleat Cruciverbalist', and who was published over a dozen times in the New York Times, has died. He was 76 or 77. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/crosswords/mel-rosen-1941-2018.html (obituary written by New York Times crossword puzzle guru Will Shortz) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 28, 2018 Vladimir Voinovich, a Russian writer, poet, playwright and journalist, as well as a former Soviet dissident, has died. He was 85. https://iz.ru/771760/2018-07-28/umer-pisatel-vladimir-voinovich (Russian language site) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,247 Posted July 28, 2018 @Paul Bearer didn't we have a rule some time back about posting links in English so we could read them? Edit: if we were so inclined... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: @Paul Bearer didn't we have a rule some time back about posting links in English so we could read them? Edit: if we were so inclined... https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-soviet-author-dissident-voinovich-dies/29395188.html (Whatever link I find first, I use. Preferably English but not always the case.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
