heffelfinger%raven1.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (08/29/85)
From: heffelfinger%raven1.DEC@decwrl.ARPA
About 3 weeks ago I attended the Atlanta Fantasy Fair. One of the guests
was Fred Pohl. I attended his talk and thought I'd pass along a gem to you.
He was talking about the distrubing trend to take an idea that would make
a good novel and stretch it to a trilogy.<scattered applause> He then said
"Of course some might take my critism with a bit of skepticism since I'm the
author of the Gateway/Beyond the Blue Event Horizon/Heechee Rendezvous
Trilogy..."<lots of laughter>"I've decided what to do about that... I'm writing
a fourth book."<lots of applause> Then he went on to read a short section from
"Little Lost Heechee". (don't know if that title is going to stick).
Fred was delightful to listen to. He's a funny and fascinating gentleman.
I'm glad he was at my first SF/Fantasy convention. It's makes it more likely
that I'll go to another.
Tracey Heffelfinger
Digital Equipment Corp
Greenvilee, S.C.
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