RIP David Drake

[Jason Aiken]

No official confirmation from secondary or mainstream outlets but his website announced his passing today.

david-drake.com/

RIP

[Jason Aiken]

Via Twitter:

[almuric]

What a terrible loss. His health was declining, so it wasn't unexpected, but still. I shall drink to his shade.

[Jason Aiken]

Yeah, I only read one short story by him, it appeared in one of the early Thieves' World anthologies. It was excellent, pure S&S.

An older brother, a seasoned adventurer arrives in Sanctuary and avenges his sister against a hermaphroditic deity (supposedly). He wrote a novel length tale of the same character titled, Dagger, but I haven't read it yet.

[alexander]

Sad news indeed.
I have Vettius and his friends and I really enjoy those S&S tales set in the Roman Empire.
I exchanged a couple of emails with him a few years ago when I was looking for his Cormac Mac Art pastiche. He was kind enough to reply to me.

[Von K]

From Deuce at DMR Books:

David Drake: Salve atque vale

As you can see, David didn't come away from his wartime experience undamaged. Far from it. Throughout his career, Drake brought up his psychic scars from the war and urged other veterans to seek help, if need be. He once told a podcaster that, if given the choice of no Vietnam stint and a life as a humble lawyer or being a veteran with a wildly successful career as an author, he would choose the first option every time. Maybe Nietzsche should have said: "What does not kill me will change me, for better or worse."

dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2024/1/6/david-drake-salve-atque-vale