Thieves World 01 – Thieves World by Asprin, Robert

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

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