On Being Sad About Iain Banks

[danieldwilliam]

Sad though I am about the premature, indeed early, death of Iain Banks I’m finding it difficult to connect with the collective mourning. Social media seems full of similar notes on his passing, my own included.  They seem sincere and respectful but a little distant. Lots of electronic glasses of whisky are being drunk in his honour.

Perhaps I don’t believe that all that many those glasses are being actually being drunk.

Would a Banks Dinner be well attended?

Comments

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I think I'm not part of a Banks community. The only person I have a relationship where a shared appreciation of Banks is part of it is my dad.