Oh my God. I can't believe this. I thought he was just taking
a little break from the group back when things were getting
so heated for a while there. This is a terrible
tragedy.
I actually got to meet miker back in 2000 when he dropped
into my bookstore during one of his visits to L.A. He seemed
like an extremely nice guy. And went from what seemed to be a
casual fan of the genre to an expert witness on everything
hard boiled and noir in record time.
rara-avis has lost a great voice. I know it's a cliche to use
this line, but he truly will be missed.
TL
-----Original Message-----
>From: foxbrick <
foxbrick@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jan 11, 2008 11:54 PM
>To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Mike Robison, RIP
>
>The post quoted below will be, if I'm not mistaken,
Mike Robison's
>last mesage to Rara-Avis.
>
>Paul Farrell had wondered about MikeR's relative
silence over the
>last month or so...inasmuch as Mike joined Rara-Avis
five-seven years
>back and within a year, I think it was, was easily
the most prolific
>poster on the list, his was an easy presence to
miss.
>
>But fate's a real clown, as you know.
>
>Paul did an engine search, and turned up a few
notices such as this:
>
>Michael Ray Robison
>Michael Ray Robison, 53, of rural Bloomfield,
Indiana, passed away
>Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 from injuries sustained in an
automobile
>accident in eastern Greene County.
>
>Born May 5, 1954 in Indianapolis, he was the son of
William Ray and
>Adle Bianca (Felix) Robison.
>
>He was a dedicated employee at the Crane Naval
Surface Warfare
>Center, where he worked as an electronics
engineer.
>
>He was the 2006 winner of the Chocolate Fest in
Bloomington. He
>enjoyed collecting coins, boating, scuba diving and
rock climbing. He
>helped start the Hoosier Heights rock climbing gym.
His most recent
>hobby was working with stained glass. He loved
vacationing and
>traveling with his family and friends.
>
>Survivors include: his wife, Nancy (McMillian)
Robison; a daughter
>Amber Robison and fiance' Cory of Bloomfield;
step-daughter, Holly
>Gendron of Noblesville; a step-son Tim Gendron of
Noblesville; two
>step-grandsons Logan Foster and Dilliam Gendron of
Noblesville; and a
>cousin, Phyliss Felix of Indianapolis.
>
>He was preceded in death by his parents and a
brother, Timothy Lynn
>Robison.
>
>http://www.eurekaboy.com/family/miker.htm
>
>Sorry, folks. Todd Mason
>
>--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
><miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>>
>> Curt Purcell wrote:
>>
>> No hard feelings, I hope. For myself, I've got
about
>> a hundred more pages to go in Block's BONEYARD,
and
>> look forward to discussing it here.
>>
>> *************
>> No hard feelings, Curt. And I don't think you
were
>> speaking just for yourself, either.
>>
>> I just finished Boneyard a couple weeks back and
look
>> forward to your comments. The only other thing
I've
>> read by him is The Sacred Ginmill, and I
preferred
>> Boneyard. I'm working on Hitman now and I've got
Even
>> the Wicked waiting on the sidelines.
>>
>> miker
>
>
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