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Flavio Sapha
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| Posted: 24 September 2010 at 6:25am | IP Logged | 1
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Article on Harlan Ellison´s forthcoming appearance in MADCON. He intends to say goodbye to fans, due to his ailing condition. Scroll down the page for the story:
www.thedailypage.com
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Trevor Smith
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| Posted: 24 September 2010 at 7:12am | IP Logged | 2
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Well at 76, he's certainly earned the right to ditch cons,
that's for sure. However it makes me sad, hits me right in
the gut to see him describe something as his "last book".
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Scott Promish
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| Posted: 24 September 2010 at 8:07am | IP Logged | 3
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Thanks for posting this.
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Andrew Hess
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Sorry to hear this.
I was a huge Ellison fan in the 70s, and was fortunate to hear him speak a couple of times, and got his autograph too.
The first time I saw him, back in 1978, he was asked if there was anything he wasn't against. "Penguins," he said. "Penguins are fine."
He also had a diatribe about how people put toilet paper on the rollers. "Men put the toilet paper so that the little flap goes over the top, and women put them on so that the toilet paper hangs down at the bottom. And if you do it the other way around, face it: you're gay."
I wish him well.
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John Leach
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Wish I'd found out about this earlier than yesterday, I could have made the trip to Madison pretty easily, but as it is, time and money obstacles are too big to overcome. Harlan is one of my favorite authors and I'd love to go see him. Alas.
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Bill Mimbu
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Sorry to hear he's on his farewell tour. As those viewing the New Artwork thread know, I had an interesting encounter with Ellison at SDCC in 1987, and was in the SDCC dealers room in either 1988 or 1989 when he made the public address announcement about Jack Kirby's award being stolen...
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Brad Brickley
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Direct link to the story. Always an interesting fellow. To bad for him and his family. Best of luck to them.
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Tony Midyett
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Pardon me for being obtuse, but....he doesn't have a specific illness or illnesses, but he just somehow _knows_ he's dying? Hmm. Well, anyway, he's a great writer, and he's too damn ornery to die. I bet (and hope) he makes it to 100.
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Michael Andrew Gonoude
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The photo that accompanies the linked article looks like a Jack Kirby drawing come to life. Somehow, I think that description would please Ellison...
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Tony Midyett
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Yeah, now that you mention it, he has Kirby's eyes......someone get those out of his mouth!
....somehow, I think Harlan would like that joke...........hope so........
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Victor Rodgers
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Pardon me for being obtuse, but....he doesn't have a specific illness or illnesses, but he just somehow _knows_ he's dying?
*****
Everybody's dying.
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I like that he's giving readers a goodbye. He's definitely outspoken, but i like when artists are honest. It shouldn't be such a rare trait!
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