Thread: RIP Craig Hinton
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3rd Dec 2006, 8:45 PM #1
RIP Craig Hinton
according to BigGavSW9 over on OG:
Originally Posted by BigGavSW9
RIP Craig.
Ant x
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3rd Dec 2006, 8:54 PM #2
Oh my god!
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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3rd Dec 2006, 9:06 PM #3
I'm quite stunned. I used to talk to him at the Tav years ago, and while he always struck me as a bit of a depressive, he was always very nice to me. I enjoyed most of his books too- especially the rather wonderful Millenial Rights which really did a lot to improve the way fandom thought about the 6th Doctor and Mel.
I'm very sorry to hear this news.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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3rd Dec 2006, 9:51 PM #4Captain Tancredi Guest
That's...very sad, not least because he seems to have been one of those names who were around fandom for years. His books seem to have taken more than their fair share of flak for being more continuity-heavy than most but I remember genuinely enjoying Crystal Bucephalus a few years back.
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3rd Dec 2006, 10:22 PM #5
Although the name is very familiar, I'm afriad to say that I didn't really know who Craig Hinton was exactly. Saying that, it's obviously very sad news, particularly as he was very young and by the sounds of it, very talented.
RIP Craig.
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3rd Dec 2006, 10:58 PM #6
It's not often that I log on and read something that I can't quite take in, but this really is one of those times. Certainly, since first going online a few years ago, I've seen Craig Hinton's name against many a post on OG, and somehow that makes somebody who was previously just a name on a book cover seem all the more real. Of his books, I'm sure I haven't read them all, and I'll admit that I was left disappointed by his sequel to The Time Monster - but, as Si mentions above, he penned Millenial Rites which is one of the best original fiction Who books ever released (the ending is so cleverly bittersweet) and I also remember absolutely adoring his NA God Engine when I read it.
Genuinely shocked, and saddened, by this news. Awful.
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3rd Dec 2006, 11:03 PM #7
I don't think I've read any of his books at all. Not sure why, they just slipped through the net. I remember him being the reviewer in DWM in 1993, 1994 when I first started reading it though.
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3rd Dec 2006, 11:51 PM #8
This is really sad news, and 42 is no age at all. I enjoyed all of his books that I read, and the Excelis audio.
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3rd Dec 2006, 11:55 PM #9
The only writing of his that I'm familiar with is Off The Shelf, as mentioned by Simon, but it's sad to consider his age and the sound of those personal demons. Being alone in his house too - not nice.
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4th Dec 2006, 12:06 AM #10
Very sad news. I didn't know him, and I have never read any of his books, but he was always visible on OG, and I too remember his stint in charge of 'Off The Shelf'.
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4th Dec 2006, 12:12 AM #11
OMG, A great name in DW fiction and fandom is gone. He will be missed.
One Day, I shall come back, Yes, I shall come back,
Until them, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties, Just go forward in all your beliefs,
and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine!
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4th Dec 2006, 9:54 AM #12
I'd be a hypocrite to say I loved his work - but I enjoyed his Excelis Entry and especially his Time Monster sequel which I spent one happy summer holiday reading! But I lost count of the times I tried to get into "Crystal Bucephalus".
All the same, he was one of that rare breed - a Doctor Who writer who would be on MSN every night! To that end, you could chat to him like a mate and he was always willing to talk to me, although I only infrequently chatted to him.
I guess we can't say that about many Doctor Who writers (not that they arn't willing to talk to me, that they won't hobnob with mere mortal fans in general!). So I guess he was one of us, for all his evident personal demons.
And, of course, it was far too young to go. A great shame.
Si.
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4th Dec 2006, 10:18 AM #13
I'm shocked and sadened by this news. 42 is no age at all and is too early to pass away. I enjoyed some of Craigs work especially 6th Doctor and Mel novel The Crystal Bucephalus.
Last edited by duncan; 4th Dec 2006 at 10:19 AM.
I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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4th Dec 2006, 10:27 AM #14
WFT?! I'm shocked. Wow. First I've heard about it... ****! Over the last few years I've shared many long conversations with Craig, and we became fairly good friends. So this is... wow. Not sure what to say.
Excuse me...I am out there... somewhere.
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4th Dec 2006, 11:11 AM #15
I think I've only read one of his books (Crystal Bucephalus), although did also read bits of Millenial Rites. However, the main memories I have of him are reading articles and reviews written by him in fanzines in the 80s, and later his regular reviews in DWM, so his is a name I've been aware of for a long time. I'm sorry to hear about his death.
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5th Dec 2006, 2:16 PM #16
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I liked Synthespians and his DWM reviews. At 42 this news does come as a shock.
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9th Dec 2006, 10:40 PM #17
This is very sad news indeed. 42 is way too young to die.
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