http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=47897&cat=14
Off-Turtle-Topic
Skeeve and Aahz are lost to me forever now.
Robert Asprin died the other day. I found out while at usagiyojimbo.com, and it floored me.
Robert A. was the reason I went to my first-ever San Diego Comic-Con. That was way back in the day (1987 I believe) when it was still at the old convention center, and you could actually buy comics there, and panels were not in rooms that could seat 100,000. He didn't attend, I found out, because his father had had a heart attack. I ended up, however, meeting the likes of Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragones, Larry Marder, Joshua Quagmire, Donna Barr, Barb Rausch...
The NEXT year he was able to attend, and I got to speak with him between panels one on one with NO crowds or "security people" or such that surround authors like him nowadays. It was the coolest thing in the world.
I loved the Myth Series, as well as the first few Phule stories, and was sad when he had stopped writing for a time. I knew little of his problems. I had a bit of trouble reading the co-authored stories, but I was glad to see that he'd started writing again (and now I understand the reason for having a co-author).
He was supposed to be attending a convention when he died.
Gad, it's been a smidge over 20 years since I first met him.
:(
*goes to find copy of "Myth Directions", arguably the best of the series*