I just wanted to pay a small tribute to the science fiction writer Barrington J Bayley. He was a writer of enormous talent who produced work of startling originality. We went drinking when I lived in Telford in the late '70s and he was great company - witty, intelligent, and very kind. It has always been a wonder to me that he was not better known and his work more widely appreciated. A short obituary can be found here.
My heartfelt condolences to his family.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
I'm sorry to hear that, Graeme. I've heard you mention him before and it seems as if he was a fascinating and talented man. x
Many thanks. It was a bit of blow. Not that long since we exchanged e-mails. Way too much of this mortality stuff about.
And I haven't forgotten about the Blog Award. My thanks again. Needs a bit of multi-tasking to organise that (doing all that thinking, pasting in URLs and the like) and my poor little brain is very Pooh like at present.
Yes, I do understand - and you feel thrown off your axis a bit too.
Ah, yes, multi-tasking...er...nuff said.
xx
Post a Comment