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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Authors in-person
Message-ID: <2686@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-May-85 13:07:42 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 13:07:42 1985
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References: <1882@topaz.ARPA> <188@hyper.UUCP>
Reply-To: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
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In article <188@hyper.UUCP> brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust) writes:
>> From: stever@cit-vax (Steve Rabin  )
>> 
>> Maybe most 'big' SF authors are insipid in person - I've only met two,
>> Asimov and Varley, and the conversation did tend to be rather one-sided,
>> but both seemed quite friendly.
>
>I've met Varley, and found him a thoroughly delightful
>man.

I've met a number of authors, and with a few exceptions I've found them to
be exceptionally wonderful people. Tops on my list are (not in any
particular order) David Gerrold, Julian May, Marta Randall, Greg Bear
and Dave Brin. I haven't met Steve Brust yet, but I'm looking forward to it
if only to see how he can still put so much verbiage out onto the network
and still get novels published... sigh...

You have to remember that authors have bad days, and that authors are
people. I've seen too many people go up to an author with the look in their
eye that says ****AUTHOR**** -- good way to kill off any conversation is to
moon and burble at anything they say. Unless the author can walk on water
(and I reserve that to RAH at this point...) then pretend that they are
people who have to pay bills and mow the grass just like the rest of us. 

If you want an authors perspective (not ALL authors perspective,
fortunately) Harlan Ellison has an essay in 'Sleepless Nights on the
Procrustean Bed' that tells a good story on fan/harlan interactions. 
The article name just flitted off into the back of my brain, but I'm sure
it won't be too hard to find in the book. Besides, you ought to read the
whole thing anyway...
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:From the offices of Pagans for Cthulhu:          Chuq Von Rospach
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Who shall forgive the unrepentant?