Goodbye, John Hughes. You gave us Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which means you gave us Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, and so you also kind of gave us that guy who replaced Daniel in Stargate for that one season that one time. And Planes, Trains & Automobiles, which kept me warm and happy one night when [...]
David Eddings is dead. He wrote basically pulp crap young-adult fantasy, but I read it and more or less grew up on it. My high-school friend Dennis and I used to stay over at each other’s place, awake all night reading the Belgariad and the Mallorean. He was always further ahead than me and would [...]
Kurt is up in heaven now. So it goes. Not much more to say, for his fans. The two sentences sum up his approach to life and to writing: funny, a little morbid, coming at things from strange angles that shed light on previously unnoticed aspects. But there’s a good chance you’re not a big [...]