Another icon of my youth gone. It has reached my ears that David Eddings died on the second, age 77.

A glass will be raised, as is usual, in memory of a man who co-created a whole bunch of books I still think helped me cope with school.

rRest in peace, and I hope you're with Leigh, wherever you are, David.

It's not been a good day for the old favourites ( Read more... )

I've said before, that some people passing is a shock.

Some, it just shakes the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7304004.stmFrom my point of view, this isn't just one of the Gods, it's one of the Titans. Before Gods. One of the people who profoundly affected what I read, what I believe, heck, what I think on a daily basis. Who affected a world ( Read more... )

I live.

I'd like to say I actually have news to report, but I don't. As a matter of fact, not much of substance has actually changed since list I penned a missive to you all, except maybe changed back to how things are in the normal run of things. To put it mildly, normal service has been resumed.

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David Gemmell, RIP.

RIP, Andreas Katsulas"I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as ( Read more... )