Iain M Banks has terminal cancer - not long to live
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Mad Dan Eccles
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Re: Iain M Banks has terminal cancer - not long to live
Authors, actually, like artists are (effectively) immortal.
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Re: Iain M Banks has terminal cancer - not long to live
But after a few short decades they stop producing new material..Mad Dan Eccles wrote:Authors, actually, like artists are (effectively) immortal.
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
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Re: Iain M Banks has terminal cancer - not long to live
Yes but their legacy endures by their work influencing others who follow.Diziet Sma wrote:But after a few short decades they stop producing new material..Mad Dan Eccles wrote:Authors, actually, like artists are (effectively) immortal.
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Re: Iain M Banks has terminal cancer - not long to live
Geraldine wrote:Yes but their legacy endures by their work influencing others who follow.
Keith Emerson's sleeve notes to Ars Longa Vita Brevis by The Nice (oh man, can he play keyboards - an awesome live act).Newton's first law of motion states a body will remain at rest or continue with uniform motion in a straight line unless acted on by a force. This time the force happened to come from a European source. Ours is an extension of the original Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Yesterday I met someone who changed my life, today we put down a sound that made our aim accurate. Tomorrow is yesterday's history and art will still be there, even if life terminates.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.