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05-09-2008, 08:16 AM
He was big, looked to be between 45-50, had a typical Texas drawl and a rodeo belt buckle.* He was in Reesa’s store buying a tatoo for his wife, and I was hanging around and keeping Reesa company.* He looked at me as I walked in and said, “Do I know you from somewhere?”* “Can’t think where,” I said.* “You look familiar.* Are you an actor?”* “No, but I’m told I look a bit like Alan Rickman.”* “Maybe that’s it.”* He didn’t seem convinced.
I didn’t ask if he read sf, or read at all.* He just wasn’t the type.
After about half an hour, I got really disgusted with myself for believing there was a “type” who read, and thinking that a Texas drawl and a rodeo belt buckle meant he didn’t read.* I went back out.* “Uh, do you read?”* “All the time.”* “Science fiction and fantasy?”* “Mostly science fiction.* I thrive on it.”* “Oh.* Uh, I’m sorry.* You may have been me on the back cover a book.”* “Oh yeah?* What have you written.”* “Jhereg?”* “No.”* “To Reign in Hell?”* “No.”* “Dzur?”* “Damn!* You wrote Dzur?* I’ve got that!* It’s on my stack…”
So, yeah, anyway, I apologized for prejudging him, and he was very gracious about it, and we talked about favorite writers for a while.* Cool guy, Texas drawl and rodeo belt buckle and all.
Let this be a lesson to me.
(Originally posted at Words Words Words (http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/05/09/prejudice-thy-name-is-steve/) by skzb. Please leave any comments (http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/05/09/prejudice-thy-name-is-steve/#comments) there.)
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I didn’t ask if he read sf, or read at all.* He just wasn’t the type.
After about half an hour, I got really disgusted with myself for believing there was a “type” who read, and thinking that a Texas drawl and a rodeo belt buckle meant he didn’t read.* I went back out.* “Uh, do you read?”* “All the time.”* “Science fiction and fantasy?”* “Mostly science fiction.* I thrive on it.”* “Oh.* Uh, I’m sorry.* You may have been me on the back cover a book.”* “Oh yeah?* What have you written.”* “Jhereg?”* “No.”* “To Reign in Hell?”* “No.”* “Dzur?”* “Damn!* You wrote Dzur?* I’ve got that!* It’s on my stack…”
So, yeah, anyway, I apologized for prejudging him, and he was very gracious about it, and we talked about favorite writers for a while.* Cool guy, Texas drawl and rodeo belt buckle and all.
Let this be a lesson to me.
(Originally posted at Words Words Words (http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/05/09/prejudice-thy-name-is-steve/) by skzb. Please leave any comments (http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/05/09/prejudice-thy-name-is-steve/#comments) there.)
(Original Post) (http://skzbrust.livejournal.com/85113.html)