Robert Lynn Asprin has died!

[Ellimere]

Agreed.

This is truly sad news. Can anyone contact the family and let them know that people care and will miss his work?

If you scroll down here I think there's an email address.

http://sfscope.com/2008/05/author-robert-asprin-dies.html

 

[That One Guy]

If you scroll down here I think there's an email address.

http://sfscope.com/2008/05/author-robert-asprin-dies.html

Thank you very much. E-mail sent.

 

[dmccoy1693]

*Bows head and touches eye brow* May you go to the place where the games never end and no shadows fall.

 

[Vael]

Damn, I loved his MYTH books, and the few Phule books I read. His early, non-humourous stuff was really good too, I liked Cold Cash War, and The Bug Wars.

Such a pity.

 

[Fifth Element]

Wow. I've never really thought about it, but now that I have, I think the Myth books were the first real fantasy books I ever read. A friend of mine lent a few to me in the 4th grade.

He shall be missed.

 

[LordVyreth]

Wow, that stinks, and to think he was only 61. The early Myth books were some of my earliest fantasy novels as well. I stopped reading them after his long gap in the 1990s and was amazed a couple of years ago when I learned he co-wrote a half-dozen new ones. I suppose this is as good a reason to resume as any.

This has been a bad year for fantasy fans, hasn't it?

 

[Evilhalfling]

Another good author vanishing, we seem to have had quite a string of deaths this last 12 months. + the allsheimers of Pratchett.

I would not recommend the new mythbooks, I tried 2 before bailing. Skeeve learning the same 'life lessons' over and over got old fast.
I will however dig up and reread my Phil Fargo(?) graphic novels of the first book. They were truely a delight.

 

[Mishihari Lord]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!

All my favorite authors are leaving us. Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny, Robert Jordan, and now Robert Asprin.

His MYTH books are a delight, and were the only way my mom could get my younger brother to start reading books that weren't assignments.

He will definitely be missed.

(Oh and the graphic novels were done with Phil Foglio)