Carl Lynwood Sargent (11 Dec 1952 - 12 Sep 2018)

I met Carl in early 1979, and was a subject in his Ganzfeld post doctoral experiments. He was a lovely guy, charming, witty, and very smart indeed. He supposedly had a talent for upsetting people but I didn't see this side of him.
I had a truly extraordinary Gz session in late March '79 which was 'off the normal spectrum', and seeing how he reported it in his 1980 monograph it's very obvious that he was understating his results.
I was disgusted when Sue Blackmore sabotaged his reputation...he was a courageous and brilliant researcher.
I'd been trying to contact him for years when he was found in 2018...

As an avid player of the Warhammer Fantasuy Role-Playing game, Carl Sargent was the favourite author of my groups and myself. His work never seized to amaze us and led us through some fantastic adventures. Fare thee well, wordsmith.

I was sad to hear of his passing and my (belated) condolences to his friends and family.
I never met him but as a boy I spent many an hour playing the Fighting Fantasy books he wrote in the 80's and 90's. They were full of imagination and very enjoyable to read through and play - and still are.

I knew Carl in the mid to late 80s when he was a member of my then weekly D&D gaming group. Sadly he fell out with the group as a consequence of his overbearing Druid character being on the receiving end of a much needed "party hack" - but I will always remember his amazing knowledge of the game and his enthusiasm for deep fried whitebait and beer at the pub afterwards!

Thank you to everyone who has or is posting their thoughts. Carl was my brother and it is so sad he has passed away. On behalf of his family, thank you for your kind thoughts and I am glad he has brought so much happiness imagination and enjoyment to so many people x

I knew Carl as a fellow undergraduate at Churchill College, Cambridge. His intellect was as startling as his looks, he could have eaten Hollywood for breakfast if he had wanted. Even then he was casting our horoscopes and we were all staring unbelievingly at the keenness of the results. He and I competed with each other for the best hi-fi system in college and each believed that we had won, I still have an album he sold on to me. I later recognised his system in a photograph of his Ganzfeld parapsychology research. Small world, incredible presence. He will be sadly missed.

There's so much to say about the great and imaginative mind of Carl Sargent.
For many of us, he had an impact that he unfortunately cannot ever know. I believe that all of our warmest regards will keep his memory alive, and shall pass it onto the next generation of people who will love and revere him for the works he wrote, and the imagination he shared with us for the time he had.
Rest in peace, Carl.
May you forever ride on the backs of the greatest winged steeds we can dream up.

Followed his story on and off, and why he dropped out of the gaming scene. Liked his works, especially Night Below. One of the great ones is gone.

So sad to hear about his passing.

His Greyhawk books breath life into the world even today. As long as there's role playing, he will always be a part of us gamers.

Agnes, from Germany

Although I did not know Carl and never got a chance to meet him to tell him this, his body of work meant so much to his fans in the role playing game fandom. He had an incredible gift for storytelling and myth making. I shared so many weekends spinning fanciful tales with my friends, inspired by his work. After hearing the news of his passing, I pulled out serval of his box and reminisced about those good times. Although he stepped away from this work, it remains a true testament to his skill and ability to capture the imagination.

Never met the guy in person but have used a number of his gaming material. The gaming world has lost a great man.

My deepest condolences to his family

I did not know Carl personally, in fact I never got to meet the man in person. I only know him from his writing for a game I grew up with, Dungeons & Dragons. In the World of Greyhawk his impact on that setting is only second to its originator, Gary Gygax. Everything that came after set in Greyhawk owes a debt to Carl. We who play D&D in that world today owe a debt to him.

It was a great sadness when he abruptly left the RPG game industry as a whole in the mid-90s and now an even greater one that he cannot see the seeds he planted bloom into a riot of colors today. His works live on at home tables, podcasts, and live streaming games on the internet.

For me personally, Carl loomed large in 2000 to 2007 when I was involved in the Living Greyhawk shared campaign (it was worldwide with thousands of players). That campaign would not have existed without his writings. All the friends I made and the places I travelled to play (local and distant) traced back to him and the writers that came after.

That is the Carl Sargent I knew and I am grateful to have known him that much.

Thank you Carl, rest in peace.

Bryan Blumklotz
Portland, Oregon USA

I did not know Carl personally, in fact I never got to meet the man in person. I only know him from his writing for a game I grew up with, Dungeons & Dragons. In the World of Greyhawk his impact on that setting is only second to its originator, Gary Gygax. Everything that came after set in Greyhawk owes a debt to Carl. We who play D&D in that world today owe a debt to him.

It was a great sadness when he abruptly left the RPG game industry as a whole in the mid-90s and now an even greater one that he cannot see the seeds he planted bloom into a riot of colors today. His works live on at home tables, podcasts, and live streaming games on the internet.

For me personally, Carl loomed large in 2000 to 2007 when I was involved in the Living Greyhawk shared campaign (it was worldwide with thousands of players). That campaign would not have existed without his writings. All the friends I made and the places I travelled to play (local and distant) traced back to him and the writers that came after.

That is the Carl Sargent I knew and I am grateful to have known him that much.

Thank you Carl, rest in peace.

Bryan Blumklotz
Portland, Oregon USA