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ottdmk · 10-31-2018, 02:11 PM

I found out via Facebook yesterday that Dave Duncan, one of my favourite fantasy authors, had died on Monday (2018-10-29) at age 85. Duncan apparently suffered a brain hemorrhage after a fall last week and never recovered.

I've been a fan of his work for a long, long time. I can't recall when I first found his work... I think it was around 1996 or so, but it might have been earlier. The first novels I read were the "A Man of His Word" series. I followed up with "The Seventh Sword" novels, a number of stand-alones (West of January is a standout there), the Cursed, The Great Game trilogy, The Omar duology... so many others.

He had a few misses in there, for me. I didn't care for his follow-up to "A Man of his Word", the "A Handful of Men" series. Similarly, I didn't care much for Hero!, one of his sci-fi stand-alones.

Still, I have re-read so many of his novels. I'm currently working on one of his stand-alones, Ill Met in the Arena.

Here's a link to an obituary article on Locus.

10-31-2018, 02:11 PM	#1
ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 3804496 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M9	Dave Duncan, Canadian Fantasy/Sci-Fi Author, dead at 85 I found out via Facebook yesterday that Dave Duncan, one of my favourite fantasy authors, had died on Monday (2018-10-29) at age 85. Duncan apparently suffered a brain hemorrhage after a fall last week and never recovered. I've been a fan of his work for a long, long time. I can't recall when I first found his work... I think it was around 1996 or so, but it might have been earlier. The first novels I read were the "A Man of His Word" series. I followed up with "The Seventh Sword" novels, a number of stand-alones (West of January is a standout there), the Cursed, The Great Game trilogy, The Omar duology... so many others. He had a few misses in there, for me. I didn't care for his follow-up to "A Man of his Word", the "A Handful of Men" series. Similarly, I didn't care much for Hero!, one of his sci-fi stand-alones. Still, I have re-read so many of his novels. I'm currently working on one of his stand-alones, Ill Met in the Arena. Here's a link to an obituary article on Locus.