Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
has been a terrible year for SFF.

While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.

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James Nicoll wrote:
> Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
> has been a terrible year for SFF.
>
> While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
> the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.
>

Sad to hear. He wrote some good books, and never a disappointing one.

I enjoyed the Daedelus books but have never reread them. Perhaps I
should. Though I suspect that my old DAW copies were, if well printed,
not well bound.

William Hyde

On 2/25/2024 2:45 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
> has been a terrible year for SFF.
>
> While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
> the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.

His dedication to the cause of bringing older French speculative fiction
to English-speaking readers was certainly admirable.

In article <urg6le$21mre$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>James Nicoll wrote:
>> Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
>> has been a terrible year for SFF.
>>
>> While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
>> the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.
>>
>
>Sad to hear. He wrote some good books, and never a disappointing one.
>
>I enjoyed the Daedelus books but have never reread them. Perhaps I
>should. Though I suspect that my old DAW copies were, if well printed,
>not well bound.

Only one of mine has fallen apart.

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In article <urg74f$219dm$1@dont-email.me>,
Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
>On 2/25/2024 2:45 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
>> has been a terrible year for SFF.
>>
>> While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
>> the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.
>
>His dedication to the cause of bringing older French speculative fiction
>to English-speaking readers was certainly admirable.
>

Another DAW (the man) winning choice.

I liked the Grainger books, despite the very-70s zeitgeist. I tried one
or two of the Daedelus books, but never really clicked with them.

He had another searies where the earth was enclosed in a shell with the
elite on the new surface and the hoi polloi underneath that was interesting.

I also noticed a recurrant image across a number of his books of watching
a city be born, come to greatness, decay and disappear from some sort
of godlike fast-time vantage point.
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

On 2/25/2024 1:45 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
> has been a terrible year for SFF.
>
> While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
> the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.

RIP. I do not that that I have read any of his books.

Lynn

On 2024-02-25, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

> Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
> has been a terrible year for SFF.

I read the Grainger books, _probably_ in German translation in an
omnibus edition. I liked them well enough that I wanted to eventually
re-read them, but never got around to it.

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

In article <urg5cq$9vm$1@panix2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

> Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
> has been a terrible year for SFF.
>
> While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
> the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.

I have read the Daedelus books and _Clash of Symbols: The Triumph of
James Blish_.

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Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

On 25 Feb 2024 19:45:30 -0000, jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
wrote:

>
>Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
>has been a terrible year for SFF.
>
>While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
>the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.

I reread (after a 30 year gap) the Daedelus series during lockdown -
must give the Graingers a try at some point.

--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:
>
>Numerous sources report the death of SF author Brian Stableford. This
>has been a terrible year for SFF.
>
>While I suspect I reread his Daedelus books most often, my favourites were
>the David Lydyard books. I should reread them.

I have two, neither of which I remember anything about.

$ testa tabl
artist title format location
Stableford, Brian Architects of Emortality Soft BOX A008
Stableford, Brian The Castaways of Tanagar soft BOX A011