Sorry, in attempting to fix this I messed up and deleted the original comment.
Jeff's corrected text should read:
I met him the same day (and at the same event) that you met him (LAcon '84) and he left an indelible impression.
I think I became as good a tech writer as I did because I devoured his countless collections of science essays when I was young. His science fiction is pretty damned good. His science writing is without equal.
(It was Noreascon Two in Boston in 1980, by the way.)
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Date: 2007-01-05 06:34 pm (UTC)Jeff's corrected text should read:
I met him the same day (and at the same event) that you met him (LAcon '84) and he left an indelible impression.
I think I became as good a tech writer as I did because I devoured his countless collections of science essays when I was young. His science fiction is pretty damned good. His science writing is without equal.
(It was Noreascon Two in Boston in 1980, by the way.)