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Skriven 2006-08-27 12:25:00 av Robert E Starr JR (7506.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: More B5 TV / DVD Movi
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:46:15 GMT, Wendy of NJ <voxwoman@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 26 Aug 2006 05:39:37 -0700, shabaz.x@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>dachapp@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>>> shabaz.x@gmail.com wrote:
>>> > dachapp@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>>> > > dach...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>>> > > > alexballs@supanet.com wrote:
>>> > > > > What is this "Lost Tales" I've heard of...?
>>> > > >
>>> > > > "Lost Tales" will be made-for-dvd films commisioned by Warner Bros.
>>> > > > consisting of untold babylon 5 stories with the original cast. The
>>> > > > first one will be out sometime in 2007 and all will be written by
JMS.
>>> > > > In other words, something to look forward to.
>>> > > > : )
>>> > > > Dave
>>> > >
>>> > > Also, It is not yet clear if Harlan Ellison will be the "Creative
>>> > > Consultant" on these.
>>> > > I may ask him at Worldcon, but I'm afraid...of getting yelled
>>> > > at...again.
>>> > > ; )
>>> > > Dave
>>> >
>>> > I know 'Unca Harlan' has quite a reputation, but still, I have to admit
>>> > that you have made me curious. <g> What happened to get you shouted at
>>> > by him?
>>> >
>>> > Shabaz
>>>
>>> A few years ago I went to a signing at the Dangerous Visions bookstore
>>> in Sherman Oaks California. Harlan was reading one of his short stories
>>> and signing books.
>>> It was my first bookstore signing.
>>> The line was long and there was a limit of four or five books at a
>>> time.
>>> I had all four White Wolf hardcovers in a plastic shopping bag. harlan
>>> was sitting at a desk in the back corner of the store.
>>> I was really nervous because people in line were whispering about
>>> someone that had irritated Harlan with a Star trek question during a
>>> previous signing. They described how he lit into the guy.
>>> ; )
>>> So I was a little nervous because I had his book "City on the Edge of
>>> Forever in the bag as well.
>>> So when I got up to the desk I didn't plop all the books on the desk at
>>> once, because I didn't want him to see the Trek book.
>>> So I would reach in the bag and pull out one book at a time.
>>> So every time he signed one, i would put it back in the bag and pull
>>> out the next one.
>>> By the third one he finally said (and I'm paraphrasing here because
>>> memory fades) "What the hell! How many of those damn things do you
>>> have?! Don't keep pulling 'em out one at a time! Put all of 'em up
>>> here! Jesus!"
>>> Or something like that. I'm sorry if I got the exact words wrong, but
>>> the sentiment was the important part.
>>> I started sweating and probably turned red with embarrassment.
>>> He must have noticed that because the next thing he did was stand up,
>>> reach out and shake my hand, and say to me "You're a good man."
>>> As I walked out of the store many people in line gave me a knowing
>>> smile as if I just earned a badge or honor by being yelled at by
>>> Harlan.
>>> ; )
>>> I think Harlan was having fun with me that day. I'll never forget it.
>>> Except maybe the exact dialogue.
>>> Good times, good times.
>>> ; )
>>> Dave
>>
>>Heh. Sounds like him, alright. ;) Although I've heard from people that,
>>despite him being very much of the does not suffer fools gladly type,
>>when approached the right way, he can go over to the other extreme and
>>be very kind and personable.
>>
>>Shabaz
>>
>>
>
>Well he called my mother on the phone, in response to a letter she
>wrote him (about one of his movie reviews), and the first thing out of
>his mouth to her was "I love you". (to be fair, I think my mother
>wrote "I love you" to Harlan, because he shared an opinion with her
>that I can't for the life of me recall right now)
>
>And I still have the letter he wrote back to her...
>
>Someplace in this house, anyway.
>
>-Wendy
>

Replying to myself...

Of course, in the course of packing (we are in the process of buying a
house/selling a house/moving), I came across the letter tonight.

It was written in March 1990, and apparently my mother and the
Ellisons were in a correspondence regarding the freezing of the Thames
River during the early 1800's (the setting for Elizabeth Mansfield's
[my mother's nom-de-plume] "The Frost Fair"). Mrs. Ellison apparently
declared that the Thames had never frozen over, and Harlan reported
that in one of his reviews (for some reason) and my mom wrote to him
to correct their conceptions.

It was a very nice letter (hand typed, of course, because this was in
the days before email for the masses).

-Wendy
                                          
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