Iain "M" Banks has only months to live :(

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Deep Black
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Aside from Robert, Iain Banks is one of my top favorite authors, it's just been announced that he has terminal cancer Sad
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22015175

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I've just seen that myself Sad

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I was a bit shocked and saddened to hear about this early today.

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& those months turned out to be just 2 months: Sad :( Sad :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047

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Very sad news Sad and so fast Sad

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He will be missed R.I.P. Iain.  

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Podcast by Ken MacLeod includes 5-min podcast of talking with me about Iain
http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/features/2013/06/10/scottish-writer-iain-banks-dies-at-59/
 

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