R.I.P. Bob Asprin
05-23-2008, 07:53 AM
Sad news today. Apparently Bob Asprin passed away on Thursday. He was scheduled to be the GOH at Marcon this weekend.
*sighs* That No More Dying memo didn't get passed along, it appears. Another one gone. Time to go dig out the Myth-Adventure books again. And he'd
just started what was the first in what appeared to be a new series that was pretty good, too. Gonna miss him.
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Oh man... I remember him from Cons back in the 80s. He seemed like a fun guy.
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Ah, geeze.
I can't really articulate my feelings any better than that right now.
Just, geeze.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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Damn
05-23-2008, 03:52 PM
That is too bad, he was a prolific and highly enjoyable author/editor.
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As has been mentioned on usenet, he will be myth'd...
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Rob Kelk
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Aw, clot.
Somebody find that fantasy-hating bastard with the Death Note and kill him! Now!
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
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Aw, man... another one of my childhood (teenaged, adult) heroes gone.
I grew up on Asprin. I still have the very first Myth book I ever had, a Starblaze edition with the Foglio cover, signed by Asprin, that my mom gave to me as
a birthday present.
This sucks.
We'll miss you, man.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs