Writer's Block: Untimely Passing

[jaqfrog]

[Error: unknown template qotd]Roald Dahl - he died in 1990, after I'd been reading his books for about 8 years or so.  I started with borrowing my sister's copy of Fantastic Mr Fox, and then mostly read his short story collections - Kiss Kiss being one of my favourites.   Despite being known mostly for his children's books, his adult fiction was fantastic, in all senses of the word. 

I was also sad when Robert A Heinlein passed away in 1988, as his fiction also touched me (Time Enough for Love, Friday, etc) and, indeed, shaped some of my thoughts and values.

These two go to disprove the rule 'stars that burn brightest, burn fastest and, thus, have the shortest lifetimes', whereas that's definitely how it was for Messrs Ledger & Cobain.

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[sciamachy.livejournal.com]

'stars that burn brightest, burn fastest and, thus, have the shortest lifetimes'
That's almost a blade runner quote. "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very bright."