Writer's Block: Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind

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[Error: unknown template qotd]I've met Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant, the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown, from Doctor Who back in '89 and '90.  They were lovely.  I also met John-Nathan Turner.  Does he count as famous?  Since he effectively killed Old Who, I suppose that makes him more infamous.  Met them all at cons when I was 19 and 20 years old.   I also met Lou Ferigno (I know that spelling is wrong) who played the Incredible Hulk when I was seven on a studio tour.  I got called up from the audience and got carried around the stage by him and I remember the green body makeup coming off on my hand.  He was a nice man.  My big sisters were so jealous.  I still have all their autographed photos somewhere.

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[draconin.livejournal.com]

I've met a few authors; Steven Dedman (was a good friend, went to uni with him), Larry Niven (in '83 a bit up himself), Douglas Adams ('81? what a lovely, lovely man!), Elizabeth Moon ('99? very pleasant lady. I worship "The Deed of Paksenarrion"), Anne McCaffrey ('81 & '83? tough, humorous lady), Terry Pratchett (very nice and highly entertaining), Raymond Feist (entertaining but too polished, no longer so 'human').

Plus a few actors; Peter Davison just after he stopped being the Doctor (seemed nice but rather bland), Sandra Dickenson (played Trillian in the old HitchHikers Guide). I nearly got into big trouble with her; I was interviewing her for the uni SF newsletter and one of my questions was going to be "Where did you get the idea for the outrageously overdone accent?". Fortunately she said something before I asked because it turns out that's her real accent! :-)

Considering I live in Perth, which is the most remote capital city in the world, I seem to have managed to meet quite a few. Perhaps it's just that I'm old! Mainly I used to go to a few conventions. More than I do these days anyway.

[qtrhorserider.livejournal.com]

I also met Larry Niven. A friend of mine was picking him up at the airport to take him to a convention where he was guest of honor. We were riding along and we spent a few hours with him. I remember talking about water towers, especially ones that had unique things painted on them.

I also met Jim Henson once, truly nice man who is very missed.

I also met Jacinto Vasquez, Ruffian's jockey. Had a very nice chat with him.

[txoktober.livejournal.com]

Hey, I fence with Elizabeth Moon and she is a very nice woman and tough as nails!

[draconin.livejournal.com]

I just adore her writing, particularly the amazing "Deed of Paksenarrion". She may possibly remember me - I was the madman in Perth, Western Australia who bought another copy just so I could get it autographed. As I said to her at the time; when someone tells me that they've never been able to get into SF/Fantasy that's one of a very small number of books that I push into their hands and say "Read!!".

If you see her, please pass on my best wishes and those of my brother too. He has a four year old severely autistic daughter and he told me that "The Speed of Dark" was incredibly meaningful to him.

[txoktober.livejournal.com]

Will do! She's hit and miss on attendance, since she lives out on a farm and has to drive into town for our fencing practice.