(urth) from National Review Online

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Wed Apr 1 12:25:18 PDT 2009


I imagine that if this is going to be real, at some point we will discover
his likes and dislikes in these matters, which we will then conform to.

I remember from his writings that he doesn't want to be sent out after
ice. That should be fairly easy....

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>>If people are serious about this and genuinely mean
>>for it to be a tribute to Gene and not simply a "groupie fest",
>>the smart thing to do might be to talk to his daughter Teri,
>>who lives closest of all his kids.
>
> I don't disagree about any of this, but how would a "groupie fest" not be
> a tribute to Gene?
> If people showed up dressed a Severian or Horn or Typhon, could that be
> anything but a tribute? Gene has been going to conventions since the early
> seventies (at least), I'd be surprised if he did not appreciate a
> convention
> thrown in honor of his works. He'll probably have a "real" birthday party
> with family and friends. Anything organized from this list is likely to be
> indistinguishable from a festival of fans.
>
> Just trying to establish realistic expectations.
>
> J.
>
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