You know there is something wrong when your favorite author dies and you learn about it on Ebay. David Gemmell is my favorite author. He died on July, 28, 2006 of coronary artery disease. Gemmell was a smoker and it killed him. Smoking killed my favorite author. I hate smoking. I hate it even more now.
What really upsets me is that i did not learn of his death until today. What the hell is Amazon for if they cannot even tell me that my favorite author is dead. I have purchased over two dozen Gemmell books on Amazon and it can't even be bothered to tell me that he died. None of my news sites picked up the story. I had to learn it on Ebay while checking auctions. I then went to Wikipedia for confirmation.
It doesn't matter how i learned it now. My knowledge would have changed nothing. But if i have to live in a wold that lets me know Jessica Simpson was dumped by her latest boyfriend within 24 hours; then damn it, i want to know about something that actually matters in less than two months.
So first i called Bex and told him. Tomorrow i will tell Stephanie. Right now i am telling you.
I know people read this. Usually i don't care what any of you think. This time is different. If any of you actually care that David Gemmell is gone, please, let me know.
Goodbye Mr. Gemmell, You will be missed.
Bob
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