barry@ames-lm.UUCP (Kenn Barry) (07/07/84)
[] > At the same convention, though, Harlan Ellison lamented his mistreatment > by "fans" who had somehow gotten his address, and sent him all manner of > postage due, C.O.D., uninvited GARBAGE. It required the hiring of a full-time > secretary at one point, and probably cost a novel's worth of time. For this > reason, I'm not going to post Mr. Brin's address. I don't think Mr. Ellison tries too hard to hide. When I lived in LA last (2 years ago), his name and phone # were in the phone book. I checked this out of curiosity after hearing him make a similar statement to the one reported above. I am in no way defending a**holes who hassle Ellison, just reporting a fact, so no flames, please. Kenn Barry
keithl@vice.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) (07/12/84)
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I talked with David Brin at Westercon in Portland this weekend, and
mentioned the discussions on the net about "Startide Rising" last October.
He said he was interested in the net, what was on it, etc., so I ran off
two weeks worth of "sf-lovers" and gave it to him.
He wants to see more. He would also like to see what was said about
"Startide Rising", if anyone has archived this anywhere. If anyone in
the San Diego area can arrange legal net access for Mr. Brin, or run off
and mail him "sf-lovers" periodically, I'm sure he would appreciate it.
At the same convention, though, Harlan Ellison lamented his mistreatment
by "fans" who had somehow gotten his address, and sent him all manner of
postage due, C.O.D., uninvited GARBAGE. It required the hiring of a full-time
secretary at one point, and probably cost a novel's worth of time. For this
reason, I'm not going to post Mr. Brin's address.
Instead, please send me some netmail with a return path, and a few sentences
to convince me that you will be properly responsible with Mr. Brin's address.
I will send the address back to the most convincing person. Perhaps I am
paranoid, but I don't want anything slowing this guy down!
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Keith Lofstrom
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