[Bryn-gwlad] Authors in the SCA

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Diana Paxton
On Jul 19, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

>
> 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:
> =======
> 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
> --
> Damin de Folo - F.L.Watkins - folo at prairienet.org
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> Stefan
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