I am very sad to know we lost Terry Pratchett, the author who created Disc World and so many wonderful characters and situations. His web site is down at the moment (probably crashed the server from so many hits), but the BBC announcement mentions a few facts that most authors can only dream of. 70 books translated into 37 languages with total sales so far of 70 million books. And that’s not even counting his stories turned into movies, animations, or TV specials. He was brilliant and funny and I will miss his voice in the world.
As you have probably heard by now we lost Leonard Nimoy today. He was an amazing actor, but first and foremost he was Spock.
I am sorry to report that H.R. Gigar is no longer with us; he passed Monday after a fall at home according to this BBC Report. His organic artwork was amazing, and although it appeared in a lot of projects he will no doubt be best remembered for his Starship designs for the film series Alien by Ridly Scott.
The BBC reported today that Iain M. Banks lost his battle with cancer this morning. With the M. he wrote his science fiction, most notable of which was his Culture series, an amazing galaxy spanning utopian/anarchistic society which somehow was always at war.
We lost Mary Tamm yesterday, when she died from cancer at the age of 62. She played many rolls over the years, but to me she will always be the first Ramana from Tom Baker era Doctor Who. Tardis Elliot put together the nicest tribute video I could find…
Caroline John was the name of the actress who played Elizabeth Shaw on Doctor Who, and we lost her this month. She was an active actress, with 50 titles to her credit, some of which had her sharing the screen with Jon Pertwee’s Doctor. Here are just a few of the tribute videos to remember her by…