My favourite author just died, does that cheer you up at all?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:32, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

who?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:34, Reply)

Roota got it in one

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:39, Reply)

They'd only just unveiled his big poster tribute to Robert Tressell.
I used to listen to his radio show with my nana when I was a little girl, so it was through him I discovered the old opera singers.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:41, Reply)

I never heard any of his radio show
I only ever got the books after my brothers had finished with them too, so they were always quite battered. I ended up buying loads off amazon, for a penny a book. Fucking bargain.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:50, Reply)

Brian Jacques?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Did he write Redwall and mossflower etc?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:37, Reply)

Yep

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:37, Reply)

Yep
Am rather gutted.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:40, Reply)

I loved his stuff
still got most of them. that is a shame. How old was he?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:41, Reply)

71. It was sudden.
"Alright listeners, it's Jaykkkkksey..."
Aw.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:43, Reply)

ah he was getting on a bit then
tis a shame. I think the next few years are going to be chock full of quality people carking it unfortunately.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:46, Reply)

71 isn't 'getting on' anymore.
71 is swanning round town in a Panama hat. I hope.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:47, Reply)

hmm, true
my grandfather is 95 and basically still swanning round town in a Panama hat.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:48, Reply)

95. That is ace. If he's still swanning about like.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:53, Reply)

he's pretty deaf
but has been for years. Can still drive I think, or at least has only recently stopped.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:55, Reply)

My dad's uncle drives and he's as blind as a bat.
He sped past us one Sunday morning with his nose practically touching the steering wheel.
My dad said "Quick, we'd better get home if Willy's on the roads!"
willylolz
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:01, Reply)

I loved those books when I was young
Kicked the shit out of most of the dross written for children
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:46, Reply)

they certainly did

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:48, Reply)

They probably still do

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:49, Reply)

I'd agree with that
there is some reasonably good stuff out there for kids, Garth Nix for example, but few things would be able to come close to the Redwall stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:53, Reply)

Garth Nix I disagree with
But Robin Jarvis was amazing
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:03, Reply)

yeah, but you are wrong
not about Robin Jarvis though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:30, Reply)

Aye, I need to have a see how many I 've still got, according to the list of wikipedia, I'd guess at about 20.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:48, Reply)

Do you think this is why the rat died?
As the idea that there would be no more fantasy adventures about other rodents brought home the crushing reality that it's life was defined my a foot square cage and a spinning wheel where it could run and run, but never get anywhere...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:50, Reply)

Argh, don't SAY that!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:54, Reply)

Brian Jacques?
He was a Superstar(s).
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:59, Reply)