Renowned fantasy writer David Gemmell died today at 57, never recovering from a heart bypass.

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Sad day, I grew up reading his books and they contributed to my love of reading all sorts of literature. Some may call it trash fiction, but coming from someone who ahs studied English Literature at degree level, there's no shame in writing a good story.

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I also grew up reading Gemmell's books and whilst they may have been a lesser influence in my love of reading, (my main influence has been Raymond E Fiest.) i will sorley miss his works.

I believe that his publisher still plans to publish his Second Book in the Troy series, "Sheild of Thunder", however i doubt we'll ever see the final book in the Trilogy.

[funny how most Gemmell Readers also read Eddings and Fiest.]

yes sucky to be sure

ive read all his books and love them dearly

waylander and legend have tio rate among my fav novels

i cant say i love eddings maz but i sure as hell love feist

my first book [that i read without prompting] was Magician.

and ive read all of Fiest's work. all of Edding's works, and All of gemmell's works [Druss the Ledgend is one of my favs ]

well ive read all of gemmell and feist

magician and legend have to be 2 of my fav fantasy books too

A sad day, I only recently started reading gemmel, reading the sword inthe storm. Its a shame he will not be able to continue writing.

Well he had a good run imo, ive got/had all his books [my m8's borrowed some of my Drenai books]

i really reccommend his earlier books, King beyond the gate, Waylander. etc..

Never heard of him :/

lol, well I'm glad you had to make us aware of that

Lol it's just that I do read a lot and I find it strange that I haven't heard of him . What genre did he write?

You realise gay times is not strictly classed as reading a book m8

I read the articles!

rofl he wrote fantasy fiction

Hmmm might give his books a go after I've finished the load I just bought in Canada.

aye, i reccomend his older works first as his newer works delve more into the realm of... a mythical fiction [since the troy saga is a diffrent twist on the story of troy]

I didnt realise he strayed out of fantasy.

I'm reading the Dark magician series at the moment, but then im gemmelling up it again.

well funnly enough im back to reading the David Eddings, Mallorean series at themoment [about the 12th time ive read the series when i finish the next two books ]

im currently reading the one dan brown book i havent gotte around to reading yet called digital fortress

i plan on getting the black magician trilogy by trudi canavan myself jammin since i enjoyed the priestess of the white series so far

Matt I heard Digital Fortress is poor. I've read Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code. Both good reads but I haven't heard much good about Digital Fortress.

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im currently reading the one dan brown book i havent gotte around to reading yet called digital fortress

i plan on getting the black magician trilogy by trudi canavan myself jammin since i enjoyed the priestess of the white series so far

Ive got the black magician trilogy [book two is a pain to find in the shops]

Digital fortress is the only dan brown book ive read sofar and i dont fancy reading the davinci code just yet

And also 'Garth Nix' is a fairly good author although his books focus more on necromancy and magic [sorta]
very good series his , Abhorsen, Lirael, and Sebriel books.