06-19-2013, 08:41 AM
One of the best of the modern Space Opera authors. He always had a wild imagination to go with a very good turn of phrase an good character building. He sprinkled in politics with a light hand.
He was one of those rare authors that I would really like to have met and talked with (Scalzi is another). His book on whiskey was brilliant, personal, and quite funny. It was a road-trip book, he was about our age, so there was a lot to identify with.
As a writer of straight fiction, he was also quite good. His book "Crow Road" is one of my faves.
He was diagnosed with a very late stage cancer last Winter and died this past Spring.
He was one of those rare authors that I would really like to have met and talked with (Scalzi is another). His book on whiskey was brilliant, personal, and quite funny. It was a road-trip book, he was about our age, so there was a lot to identify with.
As a writer of straight fiction, he was also quite good. His book "Crow Road" is one of my faves.
He was diagnosed with a very late stage cancer last Winter and died this past Spring.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.