Spade_Cooley 9,018 Posted July 21, 2014 "Val Biro" is also an anagram of "A Bovril". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,269 Posted July 21, 2014 I had no idea Tripod websites still existed. Angelfire is still up too. Believe it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted July 21, 2014 The author of Helter Skelter Curt Gentry has died at 83 http://www.nytimes.c...?ref=obituaries Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,623 Posted July 22, 2014 American author Thomas Berger dies at 89 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 820 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Bel Kaufman died at the age of 103. Could have been posted in two threads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted July 26, 2014 Pulp Western author JT Edson http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10991471/JT-Edson-obituary.html Love the In 1984 the Labour Party protested about the characters in JT’s Ladies: they included a gunslinger called Roy Hattersley (then the party’s deputy leader) and his sidekick Len Murray and three desperadoes named Alex Kitson, Alan Fisher and David Basnett — all of them well-known trade union leaders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Bel Kaufman died at the age of 103. Could have been posted in two threads. ''Up the down staircase'' was far from what I had hoped for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 9,990 Posted July 26, 2014 Pulp Western author JT Edson http://www.telegraph...n-obituary.html Love the In 1984 the Labour Party protested about the characters in JT’s Ladies: they included a gunslinger called Roy Hattersley (then the party’s deputy leader) and his sidekick Len Murray and three desperadoes named Alex Kitson, Alan Fisher and David Basnett — all of them well-known trade union leaders. FFS!! I was convinced he was dead already. Regardless of the presence of Labour figures in his books I think the true gem was his common sense one-liner when interviewed by The Guardian: "I reckon writing deep books is over rated." Never read any of his books, but I'm always quoting that thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 96 Posted August 3, 2014 Billie Letts https://uk.news.yahoo.com/best-selling-author-billie-letts-dies-oklahoma-165531131.html#q2CilW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 96 Posted August 7, 2014 Dorothy Salisbury Davis https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dorothy-salisbury-davis-author-dead-98-201319569.html#0W73rmk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,623 Posted September 10, 2014 The two writers who gave us Logan's Run are both still with us and worthy of future consideration William F Nolan (b.1928) and George Clayton Johnson (b.1929). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 96 Posted September 11, 2014 Graham Joyce http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/tributes-coventry-fantasy-author-graham-7753773 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,623 Posted September 22, 2014 Fay Weldon is 83 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,898 Posted October 7, 2014 Siegfred Lenz German Author is dead at 88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,840 Posted October 7, 2014 Siegfred Lenz German Author is dead at 88 Hit number 10 for me in my 50. I remember at A-level German having to do a book review and chose one of his. I tried to wing it, having only read half of it unaware it was a famous novel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,018 Posted November 18, 2014 RA Montgomery, the creator of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series, has died aged 78 after a short illness. He then turned back to page 34 and decided to follow the dragon down to the dungeon instead. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 18, 2014 RA Montgomery, the creator of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series, has died aged 78 after a short illness. He then turned back to page 34 and decided to follow the dragon down to the dungeon instead. Another chunk of my 80s childhood has melted away like an iceberg... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,623 Posted November 19, 2014 RA Montgomery, the creator of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series, has died aged 78 after a short illness. He then turned back to page 34 and decided to follow the dragon down to the dungeon instead. Another chunk of my 80s childhood has melted away like an iceberg... At least it wasn't Ian Livingstone 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 19, 2014 RA Montgomery, the creator of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series, has died aged 78 after a short illness. He then turned back to page 34 and decided to follow the dragon down to the dungeon instead. Another chunk of my 80s childhood has melted away like an iceberg... At least it wasn't Ian Livingstone That 'Starship Traveller' was an absolute bastard to complete! I never did... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,623 Posted November 19, 2014 RA Montgomery, the creator of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series, has died aged 78 after a short illness. He then turned back to page 34 and decided to follow the dragon down to the dungeon instead. Another chunk of my 80s childhood has melted away like an iceberg... At least it wasn't Ian Livingstone That 'Starship Traveller' was an absolute bastard to complete! I never did... Did anyone ever complete The Masks of Mayhem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,018 Posted November 19, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fighting_Fantasy_gamebooks Fucking hell, Midnight Rogue, what a waste of paper. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,623 Posted November 19, 2014 http://en.wikipedia....ntasy_gamebooks Fucking hell, Midnight Rogue, what a waste of paper. Of course reading these prepared you for the onslaught of rants you get for being on this forum because these books were personally endorsed by Satan and turned middle class nerdy school boys into fully fledged Knights of Hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,214 Posted December 1, 2014 Kent Haruf, writer of 'Plainsong' is dead at 71: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/01/kent-haruf-dead-plainsong-author-obituary_n_6245908.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,623 Posted December 1, 2014 Another list that no-one asked for: Living Winners of the Carnegie Medal The Carnegie medal is awarded for outstanding Children's books whether fiction or non-fiction. It was won by C S Lewis's The Last Battle in 1956 and Neil Gaiman said winning the prize was very important to him. No-one has won the prize three times although seven authors have won it twice. I have listed the authors in order of thier first win. Pauline Clarke (b.1921) Won in 1962 Sheena Porter (b.1935) Alan Garner (b.1934) Rosemary Harris (b.1923) K.M Peyton (b.1929) Richard Adams (b.1920) Penelope Lively (b.1933) Gene Kemp (b.1926) Peter Dickinson (b.1927) Kevin Crossley-Holland (b.1941) Berlie Doherty (b.1943) Susan Price (b.1955) Geraldine McCraughrean (b.1951) Anne Fine (b.1947) Gillian Cross (b.1945) Robert Swindells (b.1939) Theresa Breslin (??) Philip Pullman (b.1946) Melvin Burgess (b.1954) Tim Bowler (b.1953) David Almond (b.1951) Aidan Chambers (b.1934) Won in 1999 I have only added those winner before 2000 but one post 2000 winner Siobhan Dowd was already dead when she won. Look at the Chaos P D James has caused. I had to find a replacement for her for my theme team so I just checked on Pauline Clarke to find she died last summer (2013) and it passed by unnoticed. Shows how risky some of these picks are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,940 Posted December 1, 2014 Novelist Rebecca Farnworth has died from cancer, aged 49. She was a published author in her own right, but achieved greater fame by ghost-writing Katie Price's books. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
