Andy doesn’t have any time, but is super enthusiastic over the idea and has his
character. Yes, that’s all one sentence. If anything, I’ve condensed it. If
you’ve ever talked to Andy on the phone, you’ll understand.
Next will be Poul Anderson. Poul and I know each other mostly by reputation
through Gordy and through a medieval re-enactment organization known as the
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. Sir Bela of Eastmarch and Yang the
Nauseating. Hooboy, do we know each other. In spite of that, Poul agrees to do a
story for me … if he gets the time … in fact, he has a character in mind.
The list is growing. Confident now that the impressive array of authors
submitting stories will offset my own relative obscurity, 1 go for a few who may
not remember me.
Roger Zeiazny was Pro Guest of Honour at a convention in Little Rock, Arkansas,
where I was Fan Guest of Honour. He remembers and listens to my pitch.
I spoke briefly with Marion Zimmer Bradley about the sword-work in Hunter of the
Red Moon – when we passed in the hall at a Wester-Con in Los Angeles – two years
ago. She remembers me and listens to my pitch.
Philip Jose Farmer and I have seen each other twice: once in Milwaukee and once
in Minneapolis. Both times we were at opposite ends of a table with half a dozen
people crowded between us. He acknowledges the memory, then listens in silence
for fifteen minutes while I do my spiel. When I finally grind to a halt, he says
okay and hangs up. I find out later that this is his way of expressing