Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer

This is a bit of a blow. If you haven't read any of his sci-fi, you're missing out on some good stuff.

Author Iain Banks has terminal cancer

And this sucks, too.

Ebert: Cancer returns, taking 'leave of presence'

Cancer sucks. The more you know about it the more pernicious it is.

NoCoPilot wrote:

Cancer sucks.

Yeah. Big time.

Ebert died today. Guess his plan for taking a 'leave of presence' didn't work out.

Sad to hear that. My first bout with cancer was parotid cancer, which is one of the cancers of the salivary gland, which Ebert had. I was much more fortunate than Ebert - obviously - in that mine was caught early enough.

I always enjoyed At The Movies even though it seemed S&E spent their entire time panning terrible Hollywood dreck instead of searching out some of the really fine independent movies released every year. I wondered if the studios paid to get on their ticket.