[Bryn-gwlad] Authors in the SCA

[Stefan li Rous]

On Jul 19, 2006, at 8:27 PM, robert segrest wrote:

> There was a rumor, when I was in Trimaris, that Piers
> Anthony, who lives in Tampa, was a member.  Since he
> was notoriously reclusive at the time, apparently to
> prevent being mobbed by fans, he did not publish his
> picture, and did not print his real name (Piers
> Anthony is a psuedonym).  Even if he wasn't, some of
> his books make references that make it clear he knew
> who we were, and found us amusing.
>
> Laszlo

Maybe. That rumor has been around for awhile, but I've never seen it  
confirmed. A key point being "Piers Anthony does not mention the SCA  
in his biography"

 From my SCA-authors-msg file:
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From: folo at prairienet.org (F.L. Watkins)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: SCAdians authors (and authors who include SCA in their  
works)
Date: 28 Aug 1994 02:41:33 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Didn't we do this last year? Did anyone keep a list (that they
can find...)

Anyway, Scadians in the arts include:
       Diana Paxson
       Poul Anderson
       Karen Anderson
       Marion Zimmer Bradley (who stuck us with *the* name)
       Edwin Zimmer
       Mary Monica Pulver
       Mercedes Lackey
       Robert Asprin
       Gordon Dickson
       Keith Laumer
       Phil Foglio
       Steve Sullivan
       John Ford
       Lucinda Seaman
       DC Fontana
       Bjo Trimble
       Roland Green
       Susan Sizemore
Some were only peripherally connected, while others were very
involved (Karen Anderson was Laurel Queen of Arms).

       Piers Anthony does not mention the SCA in his biography
       Peter Beagle supposedly attended some early events at
             cons but did not participate
       Christopher Stasheff ret-conned the SCA into his Warlock
             novels (he hadn't heard of the SCA when he wrote
             the first novel; when he moved into this area,
             he bought one of my Dragonspire books to get a
             feel of the SCA)

       Johnny Chambers was apparently a member (something by
him appeared in an early TI. Rumors persist that Dik Brown
was a member but I've found no proof. According to Sir Franz,
Terry Gilliam was connected somehow with the SCA upon in
Minneapolis.

I'm certain there are many more...

Yrs, Folo
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