Category: But I Digress…

Casting Trancers

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digresssmlOriginally published April 2, 1993, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1011

The casting office was fairly small. Black-and-white glossies of hundreds of actors lined the walls and the floor, a permanent smiling audience.

The actor who had entered was a little taller than I was, and quite a bit slimmer. He was dressed in crisp black slacks and a black shirt buttoned to the neck. He had curly hair, a beard, and a face that was rugged, if not classically handsome. The casting director turned to me as the actor stuck out his hand to shake mine firmly. “Peter David,” said the director, “this is Ron Perlman. He’ll be reading for the part of Caliban. Ron, Peter here is the writer.”

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Breaking in, Part Deux

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digresssmlOriginally published March 19, 1993, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1009

Delving into the BID mail bag, I found this letter on the top. It’s a polite and respectful missive from Rick in Missouri. Apparently endeavoring to maintain the skeptical nature of the “Show Me” state, Rick–after starting off with a terse “Mr. David” for a salutation, writes (and to be fair to Rick, who has his own writing ambitions, I’m leaving the missing words, misspellings and improper grammar intact):

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Barf Bag Hand Puppets, Part 2

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digresssmlOriginally published March 12, 1993, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1008

A tight week, with the combination of a national holiday, personal appearances, and a major novel deadline.

Still, a recent store appearance did provide me with one opening. People asked me how the ol’ barf bag collection was going. So here’s a couple more examples, with more to come later.

Hey, it beats top-10 lists, OK?

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The Lord of Time

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digresssmlOriginally published February 26, 1993, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1006

An abbreviated column is required this week, since I am working full-steam on a novel with an iron-clad deadline of February 15th.

The Beauty and the Beast song-lyric spoof seems to have gone over quite well–certainly better than top-10 lists.

So I’ve decided to run another song parody, except that this one was written by yours truly many moons ago. I’m told that it’s actually still sung in some SF circles, although I’ve never heard it myself. Then again, between comic book and Star Trek cons, I don’t get out to too straight SF cons.

At any rate, this is the ideal tune if you happen to be into (a) Doctor Who, (b) Billy Joel, and (c) a capella doo-wop. A bouncy little ditty, sung to the tune of “The Longest Time,” which I call:

“The Lord of Time”

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