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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2013 15:10:51 GMT
Basil died yesterday. We've lost a great author - and many people, myself included, have lost a great friend.
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Post by mrhappy on Apr 5, 2013 0:17:08 GMT
Very, very sad news. One of the last of the giants. He will be missed.
Mr.(Un)Happy
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Post by doomovertheworld on Apr 5, 2013 4:53:49 GMT
I agree. This is very sad news. RIP Basil Copper. He will be missed
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 5, 2013 5:58:43 GMT
Basil died yesterday. We've lost a great author - and many people, myself included, have lost a great friend. Sorry to hear that, but not a bad innings. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2013 7:04:08 GMT
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Post by ripper on Apr 5, 2013 11:31:43 GMT
Very sad to hear that Basil Copper has passed away. RIP Basil and thank you for all your great stories.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Apr 5, 2013 11:57:58 GMT
Sad to hear this. His horror fiction has a wonderful old-school feel to it; many of his stories could have fit comfortably in Weird Tales. And Afterward, The Dark and From Evil's Pillow are excellent collections. I recently read The House of the Wolf and enjoyed it a lot.
That's a touching tribute, Johnny.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 6, 2013 7:21:51 GMT
Will fondly remember Mr. Copper for many wonderful reading experiences - Here Be Daemons, From Evils Pillow, When Footsteps Echo and his bizarre 'Vampire and Werewolf 'non-fiction' in particular - and a never-to-be-forgotten night at The Old Cock Tavern in Fleet Street. Am glad he lived to see his great 'lost' Gothic novel, The Curse Of The Fleers, finally published in its full glory. A Life In Books - such an appropriate title. My sincere condolences to his lovely wife.
R. I. P.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 8, 2013 4:00:54 GMT
I had the pleasure of meeting the great man and his lovely wife at the WHC in Brighton largely as I understand it because of the sterling efforts of our Mr Mains in producing his tribute to Pan and his relentless researches in the cause of horror. To sit on the same panel with someone who has contributed so much and to see the genuine pleasure in his eyes at the very deserved recognition was quite something. It was a good innings but he'll still be missed.
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Post by doug on Apr 8, 2013 14:39:28 GMT
News of this sort is always sad to hear. If there can possibly be a positive spin on sad news, then I'd say that 89 years is a full life.
He's had his own space in my book case for years.
Doug
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