Today is a sad day for me. I just learned that the author of the Redwalls series of books died a couple days ago. Brian Jacques was the one who both made me interested in the idea of anthropomorphic animals and the notion of writing stories that contain them as characters. Though the stories have not been difficult reads for me in years, I still enjoy reading them and its a little bit of a downer that he's passed away. I can't say I wasn't expecting it, but it's still a disappointing discovery. At least for me, it's as saddening as it was when I learned George Carlen died.

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