Iain Banks has terminal cancer

[Aubrey the Malformed]

Sad to hear.

[Jeff Erwin]

Very sad. He's one of my favourites.
I think it's the implicit humanism, yet the sense that we have to work at things turning out OK.

[Knoq Nixoy]

I hope he finds an alternative cure.

[GeraintElberion]

Very sad, I remember being blown away by The Bridge. I liked all of his novels I have read and really enjoyed reading Transition last year.

[Tequila Sunrise]

What a shame.

I just recently started reading Banks, and love 2/3 that I've read. (Inversions and The Player of Games)

[seekerofshadowlight]

Just started reading him myself,I was sad to hear this yesterday.