Unfortunately, Bob, you are one of those people of whom Harlan
speaks when he says you have no sense of the real history of the story
behind ST. He did more than just write "City"...he brought in ohter
SF writers, rewrote them on the QT in some cases, fronted ST to SFWA and
vice versa; he was the one who fronted a mass mailing to leading SF pros
and other urging them to do all they could to keep the show on the air
when it looked like it was going to be canceled at the end of its second
season.

He did more beyond that, but that's a start. So on that count, you
are absolutely wrong and ignorant of the facts.

Item #2, he has never "cheated or swindled" the authors involved with
"The Last Dangerous Visions." Each author was paid, with a fee that
covers X-amount of time. At the end of X-amount of time, he sends another
check to renew his right to publish those stories. Any author who wants
to pull his story, can do so, and some have. Most haven't, and are
content to wait.

The paralogia you exhibit in your message is blatant and sad. You
try to attack his statements on ST with false and uninformed opinion, then
drag in TLDV as if to somehow verify his lack of character in speaking his
mind about Star Trek. Using anything, however false or irrelevant, to
discredit the messenger who's saying stuff you don't want to hear.

Tough.

jms

What I have to say about Christopher Priest and his piece of crap
Deadloss Visions, little more than attempted literary assassination, from
a personal vendetta aided and abetted by Groth and Feeley, would fry your
modem connection and violate just about every provision Congress just
slapped onto electronic communications.

jms

Please cite for me, Rob, those stories you've heard about literary
assassination by Harlan. I would like to see them. Invariably they are
total fiction of grossly exaggerated by those who want to do harm.

As for not delivering a book manuscript for X-years...this is not a
big deal, frankly, and it's not the business of anyone not directly
involved. Hell, I've been trying for the last six years to finish the
revisions to the scriptwriting book; I've said I was just about finished,
only to get hammered by something and time slips. It happens to every
writer.

And the same people who say, "Why hasn't he finished his work?" are
the ones who chivvy and harrass him, send him abusive mail, subscribe him
to magazines he doesn't want, start organizations like Enemies of
Ellison, and do everything they can to wind him up to the point where
nobody could get ANY work done. That he's delivered as much as he has,
equal to or more than my output on any year, is amazing, given that this
is ALSO the man with Epstein/Barr (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and has had
two heart attacks and two surgical heart procedures.

Gee, I wonder why he's distracted.

Priest and the rest of his ilk should get a fucking life and maybe do
some work of their own instead of harrassing Harlan.

jms

Except, again, you're characterizing a twisted, biased hatchet job
by someone with an agenda as a legitimate report, and basing your
reactions on that assumption. It ain't.

jms