Regarding petition to replace the World Fantasy Award bust with Octavia instead of Lovecroft. Joshi's initial response to the petition called 'satire' is just so shall we say privledged. The thought to even make a satirical response reeks of an underlying 'cism that Joshi obviously feels comfortable enough to dismiss as humor around a very serious subject.

That said I do think Older should have left the 'terrible wordsmith' part out. That isn't the point and in many ways opened the door. Not that Joshi should have walked right through it but... *sigh*

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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."