Plist ethos (was TIMES article)
Henry Musikar
gravity at nicom.com
Sun Jun 22 10:23:54 CDT 1997
On 22 Jun 97 at 8:31, Tom Stanton <tstanton at nationalgeographic.com>
wrote:
> In the end, the photos are a red herring anyway. It's the
> *biography* I wonder about. At 60, TRP&Co. have got to be
> considering the final phases of a masterfully executed literary
> career which will have to include a biography of some sort, no doubt
> with some photos (but maybe not!), that answers all of those other
> questions that I, for one, am dying to learn more about. What
> happened in Mexico as he finished "V."? Who, besides Mimi Baez &
> Chrissy jolly, did he have affairs with, and why? Unhappy in love?
> Where did he do all the research for GR? Did he really think They
> would get him after GR? What happend to cause the "long silence"
> between GR & Vineland. What other work sits in boxes or crates,
> unfinished? Who gets his papers, or will he do a Gogol & leave us
> with little or no background? u.s.b.
I bet none of the above happens. No bio, auto or authorized. No
papers/computer files. Or maybe the biggest shock of all: he been
working on a secret television series for years, but blah blah blah.
What I want to know is: who gets the frozen head?
AsB4,
Henry Musikar
Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
DON'T PANIC! -- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
What, me worry? -- A. E. Newman
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