Making Light :: Who is Edgar Harris? :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Tue, 21 May 2002 17:43:12 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en Who is Edgar Harris? I doubt his claim that he's the former Sports Editor at Science Fiction Age. He's been around for a while.... I doubt his claim that he's the former Sports Editor at Science Fiction Age. He's been around for a while.... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html Who is Edgar Harris? -- comment #1 from Tim Kyger comment from Tim Kyger on 21.May.02 I always thot it was the return of Vincent Omniaveritas... [sic]

]]> <p>Posted May 21, 2002 5:43 PM by Tim Kyger</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#492 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#492 Tue, 21 May 2002 17:43:12 -0500 Who is Edgar Harris? -- comment #2 from Al von Ruff comment from Al von Ruff on 21.May.02 Edgar Harris is a pseudonym for Paul T. Riddell,
producer of inflammatory reviews and essays for SF Eye and Cyber-Psychos AOD.

]]> <p>Posted May 21, 2002 7:42 PM by Al von Ruff</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#495 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#495 Tue, 21 May 2002 19:42:54 -0500 Who is Edgar Harris? -- comment #3 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden comment from Teresa Nielsen Hayden on 21.May.02 Possibly. What's your source?

]]> <p>Posted May 21, 2002 7:45 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#496 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#496 Tue, 21 May 2002 19:45:20 -0500 Who is Edgar Harris? -- comment #4 from Al von Ruff comment from Al von Ruff on 21.May.02 Pretty sure that info came from Riddell himself.. He updated his bio at the ISFDB after coming out of "retirement".

See also "The Edgar Harris Papers", hosted at Riddell's site (www.hpoo.com).

]]> <p>Posted May 21, 2002 10:21 PM by Al von Ruff</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#499 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#499 Tue, 21 May 2002 22:21:48 -0500 Who is Edgar Harris? -- comment #5 from Bob Webber comment from Bob Webber on 21.May.02 The quality of the writing seemed extremely variable, even within essays. Some of it seemed similar to other "Paul T. Riddell" I've read, but some parts weren't that clunky. Tin ear, real or feigned, for British names and phrasing. Probably has confused feelings, grudges, or both about Harlan Ellison, Michael Straczynski, other well-known figures he considers to be above themselves.

Probably posts to Usenet under several pseudonyms, some of them simple variations on a them.

]]> <p>Posted May 21, 2002 11:40 PM by Bob Webber</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#502 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#502 Tue, 21 May 2002 23:40:17 -0500 Who is Edgar Harris? -- comment #6 from Glenn Hauman comment from Glenn Hauman on 22.May.02 I'm hurt I didn't even make it onto your short list of nominees. Unless you assume I'd have confessed even faster than Keith.

]]> <p>Posted May 22, 2002 2:43 AM by Glenn Hauman</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#508 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000229.html#508 Wed, 22 May 2002 02:43:00 -0500