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  • Oct. 18th, 2007 at 5:09 PM
This is what I'm doing at WFC:

FRIDAY, 11 AM. City Center C

The Author as Legend. Sometimes the author seems, as Lovecraft was said to be, "his own most fantastic creation." Our sense of who the author was completely colors our view of his work. Think of Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Franz Kafka, or Philip K. Dick. Can an author create his legend intentionally, an artificial persona, or is that just phony? Can the author's life be separated from the text? Should it be?

Benjamin Peek, George Scithers, Gary K. Wolfe


Yes, I don't know why I'm listed as Benjamin, either. Ah well. Apparently you get one appearance at WFC, so this is mine.
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ex_chrisbil
Oct. 18th, 2007 11:14 am (UTC)
I'm going to need a new badge.
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benpeek
Oct. 18th, 2007 11:15 am (UTC)
a bigger one, too.
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ex_chrisbil
Oct. 18th, 2007 11:26 am (UTC)
Bahaha - aye! But seriously... my badge fell down the toilet, I kid ye not. I need a new one!
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benpeek
Oct. 18th, 2007 01:54 pm (UTC)
everything is so classy about me, i tell you.
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deborahlive
Oct. 18th, 2007 02:10 pm (UTC)
"i hate the legendary ben peek"

:)

I just realized that if you're there pissing people off in person, I better order some of those badges, huh?
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benpeek
Oct. 18th, 2007 02:12 pm (UTC)
yeah, a day in there ought to be a line ;)
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deborahlive
Oct. 18th, 2007 03:22 pm (UTC)
Yes! :)

Hey, I meant to say, that thing you and Anna are doing looks awesome!
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benpeek
Oct. 20th, 2007 01:05 am (UTC)
thank you muchly :)
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(Anonymous)
Nov. 21st, 2007 11:34 pm (UTC)
testing this one...
thanks for the GREAT post! Very useful...
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