[game_preservation] Robert Holdstock (1948-2009)

[Andrew Armstrong]

Good idea, I'll whip up some simple PHP code to allow anyone to get the 
wiki code needed for an entry. The template is about as simple as I can 
make it however. :)

Andrew

Devin Monnens wrote:

> Hmm... Maybe a simple form could be useful. Just fill in the blanks. 

> I'm lazy with typing in code for web publishing. Even though that's 

> not a good excuse...

>

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Andrew Armstrong 

> <andrew at aarmstrong.org <mailto:andrew at aarmstrong.org>> wrote:

>

>     Wow, really? I saw him at GameCity, and was about the only person

>     discussing their relationship with Elite which was actually

>     interesting (even Mr. Braben was pretty boring ;) but they did

>     only have a few minutes each). I couldn't make his book reading

>     but it'd be interesting to check his book out.

>

>     If anyone is interested in writing a memorial piece, or know

>     someone who would be good to ask to do so, please give me or Devin

>     a shout (I'll try and investigate myself, I need to get a tool to

>     organise this, there's a lot of unfinished ones and ones I meant

>     to catch up on). I'll put up a brief page this weekend for him.

>

>     Andrew

>

>     Devin Monnens wrote:

>>     Robert Holdstock passed away on November 29, 2009. He wrote the

>>     novel /Elite: The Dark Wheel/ that accompanied the famous

>>     computer game. His most famous novel was /Mythago Wood/.

>>

>>     http://robertholdstock.com/

>>     http://www.nationalvideogamearchive.org/index.php/2009/11/robert-holdstock-1948-2009/

>>

>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Holdstock

>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Wheel

>>     http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ (full text of /The Dark Wheel/)

>>     -- 

>>     Devin Monnens

>>     www.deserthat.com <http://www.deserthat.com>

>>

>>     The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

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