# RIP Tom Robbins **URL:** \ **Category:** In Memory Of...\ **Tags:** booksellers\ **Created:** [February 10, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/rip-tom-robbins/5565 "2025-02-10T23:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![booknut7](https://sellersasksellers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@booknut7](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/booknut7)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/rip-tom-robbins/5565/1 "2025-02-10T23:40:58Z")
[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/obituaries/tom-robbins-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/obituaries/tom-robbins-dead.html) @papy or @Pepper_Thine_Angus can you create or move this to have an appropriate category, thanks. I would have posted in the booksellers news, but I’m sure others here have enjoyed his writing over the years, so didn’t wish it to be private. ---
**Author:** ![bookwormapril](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/bookwormapril/32/84_2.png) [@bookwormapril](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/bookwormapril)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/rip-tom-robbins/5565/2 "2025-02-11T00:45:23Z")
You’re right, this should not be buried in the bookseller group. Thank you for posting. ---
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/rip-tom-robbins/5565/3 "2025-02-11T22:16:47Z")
> _He wrote slowly — pen, longhand, notepads — and agonized over each sentence, sometimes spending an hour on a single line. He rarely set his story out ahead of time, preferring to let his instincts and imagination carry him forward over a roadbed of well-turned words._ He was a lyricist.