donn@utah-gr.UUCP (Donn Seeley) (01/15/85)
From The New York Times, 1/12/85: Detroit, Jan. 11 (AP) -- A 16-year-old honor student agreed to return a $1000 prize for a short story that he originally said he had written but that he later admitted was the work of Roger Zelazny, a prize-winning author. The student, Phil Broder, said Thursday, after he was confronted by his father and school officials, that he had lifted his story, 'The George Business', about a lovesick knight and a cynical dragon, from UNIVERSE VARIATIONS [sic], a collection by Mr. Zelazny that was published in 1983. This episode sounds like a wonderful short story subject -- I wonder if Zelazny would care to fictionalize it as an alternate universe story and title it 'Universe Variations'? Donn Seeley University of Utah CS Dept donn@utah-cs.arpa 40 46' 6"N 111 50' 34"W (801) 581-5668 decvax!utah-cs!donn