While he wasn't the author that introduced me to Sci Fi (I found that genre through TV and comics long before I read any of his work) I did find his work while I was about eleven or so, in my (now closed and relocated and only open certain days) local library and quickly made my way through the "Colsec trilogy" and "The Last Legionary" and found he was very good at putting images in my head with only minimal description, although his exposition could sometimes be a bit too wordy sometimes, or rather just very long in terms of word count. The very first Legionary book is an example of that.
I do find myself wondering what he might have gone on to do if he hadn't died and how his work might be looked at today if he had published more work and was still writing and if anyone might have made a TV series or movie out of some of his work. I'd have loved to see the "Colsec" become a serialised show ala "Doctor Who" I just feel it had that kind of potential as it wasn't really flashy enough to be a Big Screen event movie.
I do find myself wondering what he might have gone on to do if he hadn't died and how his work might be looked at today if he had published more work and was still writing and if anyone might have made a TV series or movie out of some of his work. I'd have loved to see the "Colsec" become a serialised show ala "Doctor Who" I just feel it had that kind of potential as it wasn't really flashy enough to be a Big Screen event movie.
