Ian Watson
Posted in Events dear boy. Events, My ParSec reviews, Reviews published in ParSec, Science Fiction at 12:00 on 14 April 2026
I have just seen from various sources that SF writer Ian Watson has died. I’m so sad to hear about this.
I knew he had been ill recently but had been under the impression he was recovering.
I have thirty of his books on my shelves, the most recent of which was The Chinese Time Machine which I reviewed for ParSec in 2023.
The first time I met him was when I attended the signing event for my first short story publication, The Face of the Waters, in New Worlds 2 way back in 1992.
He was a gentleman and had a particularly sharp wit.
Ian Watson: 20/4/1943 – 13/4/2026. So it goes.
Tags: Ian Watson, New Worlds 2, ParSec, ParSec 7, Science Fiction, SF
Nick Taylor
14 April 2026 at 17:47
I was a design student at BIAD in the seventies where he taught Future Studies. One afternoon he screened “La Jetée” B&W and a sequence of stills. Supposedly “12 Monkeys” was inspired by it and borrows several concepts directly from La Jetée.”La Jetée”…nobody knows what I am talking about when I mention it!
jackdeighton
14 April 2026 at 22:44
Nick,
I have heard of La Jetée but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.