Audio recordings of Wolfe

Dave Lebling · 05 Dec 2008, 23:58 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: dlebling at hyraxes.com (Dave Lebling)
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:58:34 -0500
Subject: (urth) Audio recordings of Wolfe
In-Reply-To: <AFEFKBJKJDDJOMBNACBNOEPADNAA.nigelaprice at talktalk.net>
References: <AFEFKBJKJDDJOMBNACBNOEPADNAA.nigelaprice at talktalk.net>
Message-ID: <4939C02A.6010803 at hyraxes.com>

The idea of a panel with Gene Wolfe and Fred Pohl attracting no one 
amazes me. Had I been at that convention there would have been at least 
one attendee!

-- Dave Lebling, aka vizcacha

Nigel Price wrote:
> When I recently had the pleasure of meeting Gene Wolfe, among the things we
> discussed were the various audio recordings which he has made over the
> years. Amongst others recordings, he mentioned one which he had made some
> time ago at a science fiction convention.
>
> The organisers set up recording equipment to make a professional-standard
> recording of the panel which Gene was on with another author. (I think it
> may have been Fred Pohl, but I'm not sure.) The authors arrived early, the
> technician set the levels, started the recorder running and went off to
> provide tech support at some other event in the convention. Gene and his
> companion sat there waiting patiently, but absolutely no one turned up to
> the panel! In the end, they decided to fake a discussion.
>
>

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