tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post3980121297239278914..comments2023-09-15T02:40:58.916-07:00Comments on Move Along. Nothing To See Here.: Rants. Deaths. Other Things.Flintharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-25808879611831529082012-03-07T04:16:49.076-08:002012-03-07T04:16:49.076-08:00He was a very fine, very decent man. And his talen...He was a very fine, very decent man. And his talent was a wonderful paradox. I don't much care for horror either, but I accept that any writing which can affect me emotionally in the manner truly intended by the author is good work. Paul did very good work. So good that it was uncomfortable, sometimes, to be in his company. It was hard to reconcile the kind, funny, witty, gentle man with the really unsettling stuff he wrote. <br /><br />I miss him. The National Convention this year is going to be much less without him.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862235828346393495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-13045194547166053392012-03-06T20:26:05.844-08:002012-03-06T20:26:05.844-08:00While horror and I never shall meet, the loss of a...While horror and I never shall meet, the loss of a talent is always a terrible thing. Especially when it is accompanied by what seems to have been a remarkable amount of bravery. May his daughter's memories be good ones.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574314121763385074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-2896909503527229512012-03-05T22:54:01.650-08:002012-03-05T22:54:01.650-08:00I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, and it ...I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, and it seems our loss of a talented writer as well. I shall find some of his works and then find time to read them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-44596634691070531212012-03-05T16:55:53.515-08:002012-03-05T16:55:53.515-08:00Then that is the one I want to see. And will.Then that is the one I want to see. And will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-3619597698191363112012-03-05T13:18:37.385-08:002012-03-05T13:18:37.385-08:00Fair enough.
There's not a lot of his work ar...Fair enough.<br /><br />There's not a lot of his work around, but the one you really want to see is "Wives". It's a long novella; pulled just about every award you can get down here. <br /><br />I'd argue (and Haines thought likewise, or he said so when we talked about it) that it wasn't intended as horror. It's actually a cyberpunk piece, and a really good one. It's just that it's not about the shiny, clever, computer-hacky end of cyberpunk. Nope: it's about the dead-end towns where all hope has been lost due to the ecological and economic fallout of the transformation of the world into a "cyberpunk" place.<br /><br />It's horrid. It also deserved all those awards.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862235828346393495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-58436257858376873262012-03-05T07:41:26.308-08:002012-03-05T07:41:26.308-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-30610627007385029752012-03-05T07:41:15.321-08:002012-03-05T07:41:15.321-08:00I am very sad over the death of your friend. I do...I am very sad over the death of your friend. I don't read horror but I will nevertheless find and read his work to honour the two years he gave his daughter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-15008251308382406442012-03-05T02:41:57.359-08:002012-03-05T02:41:57.359-08:00Ah. It's one of those things. He'd fought ...Ah. It's one of those things. He'd fought long enough. Every day cost him, in pain, in bodily distress. I'm not sorry for his death. I am most terribly angry about the cancer, though, and I am unspeakably sorry for his wife and daughter.<br /><br />I don't know if you read horror at all, but if you do, you should Google around, and try to pick up some of his work. I promise you this: if you enjoy horror fiction, once you've read Haines' stuff, you too will be tremendously sorry that he didn't live longer.<br /><br />... and thank you for the kindness, Ma'am. Look me up next time you cross the waters and come south, eh?Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-21980598646681824482012-03-05T02:12:51.861-08:002012-03-05T02:12:51.861-08:00I'm very sorry about your friend.I'm very sorry about your friend.melbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032793912135092967noreply@blogger.com