Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 16:34:34 -0400 To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Orson Scott Card takes a flamethrower to Trek Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> At 07:32 PM 5/4/05 -0400, Ted White wrote: >From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> >> Ah. Got it. Thanks. Wouldn't Harlan have been pretty young at the time? >> Like in his teens? > >No. Harlan left his teens in the early 1950s. He started writing >professionally in 1955. He moved out to Hollywood in late 1961. Thanks for the correction. When I was reading his stuff around 1970, in the "New Wave" period, I remembered reading a comment by Isaac about him. Something like, "If we'd known what he'd turn into we'd have drowned him at his first convention," and something about that being at age 16. I guess that left the impression that the time in question was recent. -- Mike B. -- COLDBEER.CAN not found. Programmer not loaded.