Iain Banks, author of awesome novels such as The Wasp Factory, The Bridge, and the SF novels set in his Culture milieu (The Player of Games, Use of Weapons) has been diagnosed with cancer and is predicting he has less than a year to live.
Iain Banks diagnosed with gall bladder cancer | Books | The Guardian
A tribute to Iain Banks:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/03/iain-banks-my-fife-friend
Iain Banks diagnosed with gall bladder cancer | Books | The Guardian
A tribute to Iain Banks:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/03/iain-banks-my-fife-friend