 Memento Mori, On this day in 1995, we lost a friend |
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 Feb 19 2005, 09:33 PM
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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935  |
Rest in peace, Nigel D. Findley, for all that you've given to us.
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Feb 19 2005, 09:44 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
*checks Aztlan*
You're right. It's been ten years and he still keeps the "Best SR Writer Ever" title. :| I keep wondering what could have happened to SR if he was still alive. |
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Feb 19 2005, 11:45 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
I always wondered why I didn't see any more titles by him . Now I know.
Definitely too bad. I pass out all of my novels to my players, they all agree his were the best too. |
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Feb 20 2005, 12:59 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
R.I.P. You are not forgotten.
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Feb 20 2005, 01:21 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Best SR-author ever.
Only the good die young... |
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Feb 20 2005, 01:31 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
We remember and I guess that's the best any author can hope for.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Oh wow, I never knew that. I read all his SR novels back in the day. How did he pass?
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Feb 20 2005, 03:04 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Heart attack according to my google search. Can't find more than that. What else is there to say really. Also found out he wrote a lot more than I thought . Apparently there are other RPG's besides SR!? who knew!?
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Feb 20 2005, 03:15 AM
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You probably wouldn't have been one of the people to write SoLA, assuming SoLA ever got made. |
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Feb 20 2005, 03:19 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 |
Rest well, Nigel, you've earned it.
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Feb 20 2005, 12:37 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,133 Joined: 3-October 04 Member No.: 6,722 |
RIP to a bloody good writer.
Pretty much everybody rated him highly. I think that's the kind of epitaph every writer would want. |
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Feb 20 2005, 02:49 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Damn good writer. Rest in peace, Nigel.
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 Feb 20 2005, 07:37 PM
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The Sewer Jockey Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 857 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Kent, United Kingdom Member No.: 1,197 |
Echo that... sterling author... missed. |
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Feb 20 2005, 11:34 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,353 Joined: 5-June 02 Member No.: 2,840 |
Echo everything said here.
I haven't read much of Findley's stuff (most of what he wrote came out before I got into SR), but I've read "2XS," and it remains to this day one of the best SR novels I've ever read. I've been looking for "House of the Sun" for years, to no avail, but I'm still hoping to find it someday. After 10 years, you're still missed, Mr. Findley. Rest in peace. |
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Feb 20 2005, 11:54 PM
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Project Terminus: Soul Hunters Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 6-November 03 From: Casselberry, Florida U.S.A. Member No.: 5,798 |
House of the sun on ebay that is if you are willing to buy from there.
1st listing 2nd listing Both are buy it now items. From amazon.com the following listing for 38 different copy both new and used. Amazon There are a few places to get it hope this helps. |
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Feb 21 2005, 12:04 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
Yeah I have all his SR books...he is definately missed.
One does wonder how SR would have turned out indeed... |
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Feb 21 2005, 12:32 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 12-March 03 Member No.: 4,243 |
Ditto everything said here.
Aztlan remains one of the most enjoyable reads I've had (especially the bit with the horror-marked dragon...cool stuff). |
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Feb 21 2005, 02:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 478 Joined: 18-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,918 |
R.I.P., chummer. Next beer's for you.
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Feb 21 2005, 08:47 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 26-March 03 Member No.: 4,336 |
kudos to the man who created Argent, who remains one of my favorite Shadowrun characters to this day.
2xs was a great book. |
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Feb 21 2005, 10:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
I'd go for Dirk Montgomery, who proved that a normal character can be so cool without out-of-the-way implants, hoop-kicking mojo, or save-the-world plots... pity that this lesson seems forgotten in some novels that came afterwards.
RIP to the man that made Shadowrun come alive, with all it's down and gritty details. |
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Feb 22 2005, 01:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 11-September 04 From: French Runner Member No.: 6,652 |
Probably the best contributor to giving life to the Sixth World...things have never been the same since "Universal Brotherhood" and 2XS... I really like Dirk Montgomery too, yet I recently discovered that this character is quite reminiscent of another cyberpunk character: check Marid Audran, the arabian private eye in Alec Effinger's "When Gravity Fails"..exactly the same kind of smooth-tongue hard-boiled detective proud of being 100% human meat and who ends up cybered against his own will at the end.... |
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Feb 22 2005, 09:29 PM
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I can't exactly praise the man who also gave us the two NAN volumes for being the greatest thing to ever hit SR. He was good. Just not that good.
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Feb 22 2005, 09:46 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,353 Joined: 5-June 02 Member No.: 2,840 |
I liked Dirk Montgomery too, but I really loved the wonderful way he was presented (in first person). It really put the reader into Dirk's head and let them identify with the reader. I think the fact that he was non-cybered might have helped that even more; I mean, how would any of us feel if we got our arm torn off and had it replaced by metal without any say in the matter? In fact, the way he used that view inspired me to write my own SR stories (which I'm currently working on) in the same way. Regretably, I didn't read much of his sourcebook material, though I thought I read somewhere he did Paranormal Animals of North America; if so, I have read that (gaming stores that sell used books rock :) ). If I can find Aztlan or either of the NAN books, I'm picking those up. |
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 Mar 3 2005, 05:51 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 7,133 |
He was my favourite author for Shadowrun and I still miss him. I have a copy of the Aztlan Sourcebook with his name written inside. I got it shortly after he passes away. I always wondered if it was his. Some of the sections underlined in the book showed matched some of the writting in his books. I was always curious about that.
I met the author Lisa Smedman at V Con last year and when I asked how she got started it turned out that Nigel had introduced her to the industry. She talked fondly about him. Apparently he was quite the nice guy and an encouraging mentor. My favorute Novel was Shadowplay, then 2XS, then Micheal Stackpoles stuff. Cheers QM |
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Mar 3 2005, 07:32 PM
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It's for winners Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 523 Joined: 8-February 05 From: Wiltshire with da shooty stuff Member No.: 7,067 |
Read a few of his books, they were really well written!
didn't know he had passed away....... all I can add is that I hope he is in a better place. RIP. torz |
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