Science Fiction Aficionados discussion

We all knew it was coming, but what a sad day: Iain Banks passed away.
"Iain died in the early hours this morning. His death was calm and without pain." - http://friends.banksophilia.com/too-s... where you can post condolences.

BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047

Another grand-master is gone. He will be missed.

an amazing author who leaves an amazing body of work as his legacy.

i'm sad but i'm also glad to know he died with calm and without pain. RIP Banks! you are one of the best.

RIP Mr Banks

This is so sad. I truly have loved everything I've read by him....He will be missed!

Wow, this is ... fast. I know he was dying but I thought he said he had still 6 months to a year :(

Damn. I love his work. Very sad to hear he's passed away. RIP Iain. You will be missed.

I already noted it in my introduction, but I've decided to read all his Culture novels in honour of his memory, from Consider Phlebas to The Hydrogen Sonata in Chronological order. I'm only half through player of games at the moment though

Sad indeed. Player of Games was awesome. I have mostly read his contemporary fiction having got hooked on The Wasp Factory....but will definitely be making time to read the rest of his sci-fi work. R.I.P. Iain

Just in case anyone missed it.
Banks Gets Asteroid Named after Him
http://minorplanetcenter.net/blog/sci...

Thanks for posting this news, which I hadn't seen till now - a fitting tribute. Iain will be - is - badly missed. http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3412574

Iain M Banks's drawings of the Culture universe to be published in 2019
Late author’s friend Ken MacLeod is to publish a collection of the writer’s own images, sketching out the science fiction universe where he set 10 books

https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...