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Title: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Ocicat on February 27, 2015, 08:00:43 PM: Returning to a tradition from days of yore on the forum, because we just lost a great of the film world:

(http://culturalcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_kvl8gkAm8A1qaxihzo1_500.jpg)
Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock On 'Star Trek,' Dies At 83 (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/27/389516793/leonard-nimoy-mr-spock-on-star-trek-dies-at-83)
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Talia on February 27, 2015, 08:36:13 PM: Quote from: Ocicat on February 27, 2015, 08:00:43 PM
Returning to a tradition from days of yore on the forum, because we just lost a great of the film world:

(http://culturalcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_kvl8gkAm8A1qaxihzo1_500.jpg)
Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock On 'Star Trek,' Dies At 83 (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/27/389516793/leonard-nimoy-mr-spock-on-star-trek-dies-at-83)

I have been upset about this all day. Beloved cultural figures are not allowed to die, darnit.

(Keep your filthy hands away from George T, Mr. Reaper. Don't make me kick your butt).
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: wintermute on March 01, 2015, 01:03:59 AM: Honestly, I always preferred him in Mission: Impossible
(http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/3/3d/MI_533.jpg/400px-MI_533.jpg)
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Talia on March 12, 2015, 03:24:03 PM: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Worst year ever.

Author Terry Pratchett has died at the age of 66 (http://www.thejournal.ie/terry-pratchett-died-1988715-Mar2015/)
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: DKT on March 12, 2015, 04:13:17 PM: What a sad fucking year :'(
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: stePH on March 12, 2015, 06:34:47 PM: :(

On a related note - does Baxter have to write the final book of The Long Earth series himself now? Did they at least get it outlined?
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Ocicat on May 26, 2015, 08:26:46 PM: Another loss:

Tanith Lee, 1947-2015 (http://www.tor.com/2015/05/26/tanith-lee-in-remembrance/)
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: wintermute on May 26, 2015, 10:14:57 PM: I've never read any Tanith Lee; where's a good place to start?
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: stePH on June 02, 2015, 10:53:36 PM: Quote from: wintermute on May 26, 2015, 10:14:57 PM
I've never read any Tanith Lee; where's a good place to start?

I've only read Electric Forest which was interesting; I also have Red as Blood (which is a collection of either dark reimaginings of well-known fairy tales; or darker, closer-to-the-original-story retellings of same) on my shelf, as well as the four-volume The Secret Books of Paradys.
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Fenrix on June 03, 2015, 12:27:25 AM: I picked this edition up at the used book store this past weekend. It's supposed to be amazing. Cover blurb says it all.

(http://www.daughterofthenight.com/tla05g.jpg)
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: eytanz on June 03, 2015, 12:35:08 AM: That's the angriest-looking mime I've ever seen.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Fenrix on June 03, 2015, 01:44:37 AM: Quote from: eytanz on June 03, 2015, 12:35:08 AM
That's the angriest-looking mime I've ever seen.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

Have you met this one (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=8478.0)?
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: eytanz on June 03, 2015, 01:47:37 AM: Quote from: Fenrix on June 03, 2015, 01:44:37 AM
Quote from: eytanz on June 03, 2015, 12:35:08 AM
That's the angriest-looking mime I've ever seen.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

Have you met this one (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=8478.0)?

No. I can honestly say that when I lived in NYC, it never occured to me to apply to mime school, so that never was an issue.
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: stePH on June 03, 2015, 05:54:45 PM: I like the cover, but I wish her hair was shorter ;D
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Fenrix on June 11, 2015, 08:44:08 PM: (https://deathraywish.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/wickerman.jpg)
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Ocicat on June 13, 2015, 08:47:04 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/KsXY9eL.jpg)

This is the image association thread, right?

...he'll be missed.
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: Fenrix on June 13, 2015, 02:13:36 PM: Peter Beagle has a great post about remembering Christopher Lee: http://petersbeagle.tumblr.com/post/121358600906/peter-remembers-christopher-lee
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: stePH on July 02, 2015, 07:56:16 PM: Bassist Chris Squire of Yes, last week (28 June)

He was my inspiration. Rick Wakeman and his keyboards made me want to take up music, but further listening made me realize that it was Squire's playing that really spoke to me.
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: stePH on July 23, 2015, 04:00:22 PM: Theodore Bikel (200 Motels, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Babylon 5, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, probably a whole bunch of other stuff)

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/entertainment/obit-theodore-bikel-thr-feat/
Title: Re: Those we lost in 2015
Post by: stePH on August 10, 2015, 05:47:51 PM: Original Trillian, Susan Sheridan. (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/susan-sheridan/36505/susan-sheridan-1947-2015) Only sixtyeight. :(