From: <swstiles at comcast.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Lee's message
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:05:40 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Candy Madigan" <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:24 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Lee's message

> Whoa.
>
> At 09:12 PM 3/28/2007, you wrote:
> >On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 21:01 -0400, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> > > Lee Gilliland posted that "Alexandra" said "David"
died.  No subject
> > > line, no last names, no context.  Does anyone know who
she's talking
> > > about?  Eight Davids have attended at least three WSFA
meetings since
> > > the '70s, according to my records.  No Alexandras have
attended any.
> > >
> >David Honigsberg.
> >
> >http://dochyel.livejournal.com/
> >
> >Rabbi and fairly well-known NY-based fan, filker, writer
and all-around
> >good guy.
> >
> >He'll be missed.
> >
> >Steven
>
> Candy
> (301)345-6635
>
First of all, let me offer my condolences to any friends or
relatives of Rabbi David's who may be reading this.

I've never heard of David Honigsberg until reading the
above. The reason I mention that is this: on the third
weekend of April I'm going to be a Art GoH at RavenCon in
Richmond, and one of the things I hope to do is deliver a
fake profile of a nonexistent s.f. pro of the Golden Age.

The name I've selected for this nonexistent pro: Konigsberg.
(And some of the fake s.f. cover art I've prepared displays
that name.)

The reason I chose this name is that years ago I read an
account of the last days of WW II, when Goebbels produced a
propaganda film about the city of Konigsberg holding out
heroically in a previous war. It cost millions and had a
cast of many thousands. This was to inspire Germans in
1944-45 to do likewise. But when the Russians finally
approached, the city of Konigsberg wisely and quickly
surrendered. Since my fake author, Konigsberg, is a loser,
this struck me as appropriate and funny.

However, now I'm wondering if the similarity of names might
strike some as offensive.

What do you think?

--Steve Stiles