Toast 16,131 Posted January 24, 2018 Didn't see that coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted January 24, 2018 Famous author and scientist Desmond Morris is 90 today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted January 25, 2018 Horror writer Jack Ketchum died yesterday aged 71. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,932 Posted January 25, 2018 Prominent Nicaragua poet Claribel Alegria has died aged 93. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted February 7, 2018 SF writer Harlen Ellison has stopped signing books. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted February 7, 2018 46 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: SF writer Harlen Ellison has stopped signing books. That's shocking news. He signed books in the first place? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted February 10, 2018 Michiko Ishimure, Japanese author who raised awareness of Minamata disease, deat at 90: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/10/national/michiko-ishimure-award-winning-author-raised-public-awareness-minamata-disease-dies-90/#.Wn7o9-jOWUk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted February 13, 2018 On 7/27/2016 at 01:28, Death Impends said: Mystery author Bill Crider has a "very aggressive form of carcinoma". Per his Wiki, two of his novels were co-written with Today Show weatherman Willard Scott, of all people. One for the dead pools with very lax obit standards. Sounds very much like Bill Crider has died: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 13, 2018 10 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Sounds very much like Bill Crider has died: From Dec 7, 2017: "I was heartbroken to read this weekend that my friend Bill Crider has entered hospice care." Damn...a pretty big miss for ALL of us in whatever DP he passes muster. I"m pretty pissed off at myself for the oversight. OTOH, 'entering hospice' or 'entered hospice' are certainly search terms I run through the matrix, and this didn't pop up. What gives? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted February 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: From Dec 7, 2017: "I was heartbroken to read this weekend that my friend Bill Crider has entered hospice care." Damn...a pretty big miss for ALL of us in whatever DP he passes muster. I"m pretty pissed off at myself for the oversight. OTOH, 'entering hospice' or 'entered hospice' are certainly search terms I run through the matrix, and this didn't pop up. What gives? SC Not really, considering that a certain amount of people chose him for the deathlist cup, and that he was on three death race teams... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted February 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: From Dec 7, 2017: "I was heartbroken to read this weekend that my friend Bill Crider has entered hospice care." Damn...a pretty big miss for ALL of us in whatever DP he passes muster. I"m pretty pissed off at myself for the oversight. OTOH, 'entering hospice' or 'entered hospice' are certainly search terms I run through the matrix, and this didn't pop up. What gives? SC While I admit I didn't find him (my research was shit in December), he wasn't totally unknown to deadpoolers. Unique for Heef in the DDP. Picked by several of us in the Deathrace (of course, lived too long to score them any points). And like half the teams this round of the Cup chose him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 13, 2018 27 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Not really, considering that a certain amount of people chose him for the deathlist cup, and that he was on three death race teams... Yes I see that. Well good on them. Still surprised I can't trust Google LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted February 13, 2018 Never heard of him. That's my excuse for not picking him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 13, 2018 57 minutes ago, Toast said: Never heard of him. That's my excuse for not picking him. I've never heard of 80% of my picks. ok 60% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted February 13, 2018 Dead Cow did bring up Crider's hospice entry in this very thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted February 14, 2018 The Doctor Who fandom are raising funds for writer Tommy Donbavand by releasing a book callled A Second Target for Tommy. Tommy is facing cancer for a second time. Stephen Moffett had donated the synopsis of The Day of the Doctor which was written when they still hoped to get Christopher Ecclestone back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted February 16, 2018 The clock is ticking for my pick Emma Hannigan: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/author-emma-hannigan-says-her-cancer-treatment-options-are-exhausted-1.3395378?mode=amp March will decide if my team is a contender... By the way, Emma's story is very sad. She has been almost painfully optimistic - until now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted February 16, 2018 19 minutes ago, gcreptile said: The clock is ticking for my pick Emma Hannigan: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/author-emma-hannigan-says-her-cancer-treatment-options-are-exhausted-1.3395378?mode=amp March will decide if my team is a contender... By the way, Emma's story is very sad. She has been almost painfully optimistic - until now. Fought cancer 10 times, Christ on a cock! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 18, 2018 The cycling thread clearly says 'professional' cyclists. Since this guy cycled whilst being a freelance author, here goes... An Austin cyclist who had written a book about how supplemental testosterone affected his bike racing performance died Saturday after he was struck by a truck while changing a flat tire on the side of the road. Andrew Tilin, who wrote “The Doper Next Door,” was riding with a group of cyclists from Grupo VOP, a cycling club, along RM 620 when he pulled off the road to fix a flat tire on his bicycle. A pickup and car collided nearby, sending the truck spinning into Tilin, who was a freelance writer and author. Tilin later died at Round Rock Medical Center. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted February 26, 2018 Penny Vincenzi, the best-selling author you've never read but have seen all her books advertised on train station platforms, dead at 78. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted February 26, 2018 36 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Penny Vincenzi, the best-selling author you've never read but have seen all her books advertised on train station platforms, dead at 78. I was about to say I had, but looking at her bibliography I don't recognise any of the titles. Obviously made a deep impression. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted February 26, 2018 I'm a bibliophile and I certainly haven't, though looking at her CV, it appears to be romance novels so obviously not her target audience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted February 26, 2018 15 minutes ago, Toast said: I was about to say I had, but looking at her bibliography I don't recognise any of the titles. Obviously made a deep impression. I've read The Best of Times. It was enjoyable enough but nothing special, it didn't make me want to read anything more by her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted February 26, 2018 I've read some of hers and economics is usually the theme. Hedge funds, the Lloyd's crash, etc. I wouldn't say they are solely "romance" novels at all, it's incidental. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doornail 38 Posted February 26, 2018 Quote 'Beloved' author Penny Vincenzi Took me a moment to realise they weren't mixing her up with Toni Morrison... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
