From: Steve Smith <steve.smith at zipbeep.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Reminiscences of Paul Parsons or Bob Asprin?  (was:Re: Robert Asprin Obit?)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 22:38:09 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,
    WSFA WSFA Forum <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On May 30, 2008, at 6:20 PM, dicconf wrote:

>
> On Fri, 30 May 2008, Steve Smith wrote:
>> On May 29, 2008, at 9:55 PM, dicconf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 May 2008, Steve Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could somebody who knew Bob (or Yang) better that I did (barely)
>>>> please write up something for the WSFA Journal?  The only thing
>>>> I've
>>>> seen is the short notice at <http://www.mythadventures.net/>
>>>
>>> Here's some information.  NB there seems to be some confusion about
>>> the details; what I read first said he had died in bed and I think
>>> that's been confirmed. The "on the way to the con" seems to be based
>>> on "just before MarCon".
>>>
>>> =Tamar Lindsay
>>
>> Thanks, but I was hoping for something by somebody local who knew
>> him.  I'm *not* the person to write an obit for him ...
>
> There's a difference between an obit and a reminiscence or eulogy.
> You could put out a call for reminiscences.

Thanks!  Things work so much better when you know the right Magic Words.

So, anybody have any reminiscences of Bob Asprin or Paul Parsons that
they'd like to share in the Journal?

     -- Steve

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Steve Smith
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