[UA] Happy little scenario idea...

[Stuart Anderson]

"Eves, Eric D." wrote:

>      That's Dick all the way. The story you remember
>      is called "The pre-persons" and was first
>      printed in the October 1974 issue of The
>      Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
>
>      There it is.
>      That's where I read it. I have great moldy
>      crates of old FSFs.
>      I especially appreciate the date. Thanks!
>       I'm probably the only person I know who has a
>      copy of Dick's Confessions of a Crap Artist and
>      a copy of The Confessions of Saint Augustine on
>      the same shelf.
>
>      You're probably the only person, period. You
>      should get another shelf. Crap Artist is one of
>      my favorite all time books. I based a character
>      on the protagonist. I don't do that often.
>      Sometimes I'll swipe minor characters from great
>      novels, so I can elaborate on them in my own
>      way. But I don't often play protagonists from
>      really great novels. Notable exceptions are the
>      protagonists from Confederacy of Dunces, V, and
>      Wuthering Heights. That's right. I played Kathy.
>      Wanna make something of it? I love to play
>      characters from adventure fiction, but "real"
>      novels tend to play their characters out.
>      Anyhow, the upshot is that Dick belongs up there
>      on your shelf with the great books.
>

--Stu
The Secret Lab
"He belonged to that particular race of men who
were their adversaries' greatest champions." Eco

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