tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post2004153650867673862..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: George Scithers (1929 - 2010)Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-1020876118704656542010-04-26T09:03:38.335-07:002010-04-26T09:03:38.335-07:00Sadly, although through years of hard work, I have...Sadly, although through years of hard work, I have achieved a vanishingly low level of self-confidence, I have nonetheless failed to reduce my error rate.Matthew Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316867558957637393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-78082520960884435312010-04-26T07:36:22.700-07:002010-04-26T07:36:22.700-07:00Oh, bugger. That was a typo.
I believe it was Gu...Oh, bugger. That was a typo.<br /><br />I believe it was Guy Davenport who wrote, "We are never so sure of ourselves as when we are wrong."Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-72040955561192907752010-04-25T07:11:26.514-07:002010-04-25T07:11:26.514-07:00Well, I certainly hope I didn't add to your up...Well, I certainly hope I didn't add to your upset.<br /><br />The French have been famously batrachophagous since before Lovecraft's time, have they not?<br /><br />I suspect that--knowing that I am an pedant--you're trying to lure me into complaining about the "i" in "batrachiophagy", but unless I've already bitten, I am not going to bite.<br /><br />;)<br /><br />mMatthew Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316867558957637393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-42565767357036989582010-04-23T12:59:28.991-07:002010-04-23T12:59:28.991-07:00And, Henry, how could I have forgotten to mention ...And, Henry, how could I have forgotten to mention George's learned and loving appreciation of streetcars? He was an engineer for SEPTA, which still has the beautifully anachronistic Sub-SUrface Line.<br /><br />George did a lot of good, and he is sorely missed.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-15958512229232307522010-04-23T12:57:28.249-07:002010-04-23T12:57:28.249-07:00Correction made, Matthrew. The only excuse I have...Correction made, Matthrew. The only excuse I have is that George's death upset us all.<br /><br />Anthropophagy is a a lovely word. Though it comes in second to the late and lamented Jim Turner's usage in one of the Arkham Press volumes, which went something like, "Before Lovecraft, opportunities for batrachiophagy were rare."Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-7842756879512939852010-04-21T02:59:28.209-07:002010-04-21T02:59:28.209-07:00"Homophagic"? I wag my finger at you, si..."Homophagic"? I wag my finger at you, sir!<br /><br />What was wrong with the thoroughly Greek "anthropophagic"?<br /><br />(As it is a cook book, I guess you're not punning on omophagic.)Matthew Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316867558957637393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-90159236183040750032010-04-20T08:53:32.835-07:002010-04-20T08:53:32.835-07:00And let us not forget tram cars (a.k.a. street rai...And let us not forget tram cars (a.k.a. street railways).<br /><br />George Scithers championed the work of Avram Davidson at every stage of Davidson's life and also his posthumous career. Scithers was generous with his knowledge and encouraged the undersigned to persevere in his efforts to promote appreciation of Davidson's writings. He also gave some sound, simple advice about small press publishing contracts.<br /><br />Henry WessellsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com