On 20 Jul 2004 05:53:04 -0700, silly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Thomas Armagost) typed
>BTW, I saw Mr. Bradbury meet Kristine Kathryn Rusch at WorldCon in
>1996. He was most gracious. I also saw him deliver the commencement
>speech at Pitzer College in 1976. Which was delicious because he
>attended Los Angeles City College, where the tuition is very low and
>the entrance requirements are pretty much nonexistent. I was hoping
>that he would stick it to the Pitzoids. He delivered a gentle
>address about going to the library. His philosophy on this subject
>was surprisingly similar to that of another Los Angeleno--Frank
>Zappa. To paraphrase, you can learn just about anything in the
>library all by yourself. Zappa stated this thesis rather more
>forcefully.
Used to have a refrigerator magnet with that Zappa quote on it...
Bradbury's behaviour when barred from the artshow at the '86 worldcon
in Atlanta (whewre he was GoH) because he didn't have his badge was
exemplary -- he apologised for his absent-mindedness, congratulated
the gopher (who was mostly a media fan and didn't really know who he
was) on doing her job well,went off, got his badge, and enjoyed the
artshow.
The worker in person was later presented with a custom button that
read "Bradbury, Schmadbury -- nobody gets in without a badge!"
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