Legend of the Silver Slayer
A celebration of David Gemmell's
Art by Fangorn (Chris Baker), Copyright 1995, all rights reserved
"Never violate a woman, nor harm a child.
Do not lie, cheat or steal.
These things are for lesser men.
Protect the weak against the evil strong.
And never allow
thoughts of gain to lead you into the pursuit of evil.
Never back
away from an enemy. Either fight or surrender.
It is not enough
to say I will not be evil. Evil must be fought wherever
it is found."
---The "Iron Code" of Druss
Sad News!
On Friday, July 28, 2006 David Gemmell passed away at his home while recuperating from recent heart surgery.
Condolences can be sent to his family by clicking on the banner below.
Gareth Wilson has written a memorial for David that I'm including here:
When David died on Friday, I felt as many fans have done that our safety net in a chaotic world had disappeared. A man who made sense of everything in a world where everything was confusion. David was a man who brought the Heroic Epic back for a new generation, and I for one am amongst many have judged our own life trials against those within his work for the past 22 years.
Perhaps the greatest testimony to David is not his amazing output or the sheer scale of the tales he told, but the way in which he affected his readers. So many tributes have poured in for the "big man" and everyone spoke of the personal way in which his work affected them. Everything from giving their lives a moral code to judge themselves by through to direct action against what "violated the code" such as the fan who after finishing one of David’s books, ran to the aid of a woman being attacked by two men.
This to me was David’s essence, he never thought that he was anything other than a regular guy with his own beliefs and principles taking time out to listen to what others thought and aid people where he could. A fact that was pretty obvious to all who attended one of his signings. Every signing he would begin by saying that "this isn’t a book reading…", he didn’t believe in things like that, he wanted to meet the fans and always took the time to do so, it didn’t matter which of his books you went there for, it was never about the sale, it was purely the chance to meet the fans that he loved. The outcry at his passing is something I think would have shocked David, never expecting to see how many lives he has touched with his work and for me is a testimony to the talent that the world has lost.
For David, family was a key element to all of his books, and as such it is to his family that a Memorial Book has been set up. The family would like to thank everyone for their comments on David’s passing that has so far appeared on message boards as well as hopefully in the Official Memorial Book (click on the banner above) . A small private funeral will take place shortly with a service of celebration of David's life in due course. For those wishing to send a tribute, please send a donation to the charity of your choice in David's name. If you do donate, the family would like to know how much is raised in David's name so if you do, please mail me with the information (charity and amount) so I can collate the information to pass on.
To sum up David has been hard, but to me, in the end, David was a man with a heart as big as he was tall, a man as he would have said "to walk the mountains with." It was a pleasure to know you David. May the source guide you and follow the prayer lights home.
Legend of the Silver Slayer |
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Beyond the Days of Ice and Fire A conjectural atlas of the lands and cities of David Gemmell's Drenai Saga. Version 2.0, new for 2003, contains WHITE WOLF material. Since this map is huge and takes some time to download, it is coded to open its own window. |
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The
Age of the Deathwalker A world age gazetteer of the races and places in the Drenai Saga. Version 3.0, new for 2003, contains WHITE WOLF material. |
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Legends of the Drenai A conjectural timeline of Druss's life and times. Version 3.0, new for 2003, contains WHITE WOLF material. |
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The Chaos Warrior A bibliography of David Gemmell's Drenai stories. |
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Musings on the Drenai Saga Essays, articles, opinions, and pretty much anything else I care to write about David Gemmell's Drenai Saga. |
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Links to the World Outside Connections to several outstanding David Gemmell websites on the Internet. |
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Electronic mail
address
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GemmellWeb - The David Gemmell Webring
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things of the Drenai series are Copyright 1999/2006 David Gemmell,
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Last revised:
07/31/06
