http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/05/travels-with-robert-silverberg/ Frederik Pohl Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/05/travels-with-robert-silverberg/#comment-60494 Robert Silverberg Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:23:04 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3845#comment-60494 There really is a Fanano, by the way. It's somewhere near Modena and for all I recall the Pohls and Silverbergs passed right by it on our way from Venice to the Eurocon in 1989. But the Eurocon itself really was held in San Marino. What I remember most clearly about it was that the hotel bar had an assortment of green liqueurs lined up against its mirror, and that Harry Harrison, Brian Aldiss, and I methodically sampled a shot of each one of them one slow afternoon. (I think there was a green form of Strega, and maybe a green Galliano, and perhaps the others were obscure Sammarinese liqueurs.) The abstemious Mr. Pohl was, I think, off writing a story while the three of us were conducting our research There really is a Fanano, by the way. It’s somewhere near Modena and for all I recall the Pohls and Silverbergs passed right by it on our way from Venice to the Eurocon in 1989. But the Eurocon itself really was held in San Marino. What I remember most clearly about it was that the hotel bar had an assortment of green liqueurs lined up against its mirror, and that Harry Harrison, Brian Aldiss, and I methodically sampled a shot of each one of them one slow afternoon. (I think there was a green form of Strega, and maybe a green Galliano, and perhaps the others were obscure Sammarinese liqueurs.) The abstemious Mr. Pohl was, I think, off writing a story while the three of us were conducting our research

]]> http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/05/travels-with-robert-silverberg/#comment-60414 Robert Silverberg Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:00:20 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3845#comment-60414 Readers who wonder where in Italy "Fanano" might be located should be advised that although Fred may indeed have gone to a convention in Fanano that year, while he was doing it Karen and Betty Anne and Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison and I were all gathered in the hilltop republic of San Marino. The convention was the Eurocon. The year, I'm pretty sure, was 1989. Readers who wonder where in Italy “Fanano” might be located should be advised that although Fred may indeed have gone to a convention in Fanano that year, while he was doing it Karen and Betty Anne and Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison and I were all gathered in the hilltop republic of San Marino. The convention was the Eurocon. The year, I’m pretty sure, was 1989.

]]> http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/05/travels-with-robert-silverberg/#comment-57242 Dr. What Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:46:10 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3845#comment-57242 As a Chinese SF fan, I\'m familiar with SFW and Yang，and also the terrible event in Tiananmen Square. But reading these together makes me feel strange…… Anyway, Yang is really great. :) As a Chinese SF fan, I\’m familiar with SFW and Yang，and also the terrible event in Tiananmen Square. But reading these together makes me feel strange…… Anyway, Yang is really great.

]]> http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/05/travels-with-robert-silverberg/#comment-56002 Ross Presser Thu, 26 May 2011 19:20:10 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3845#comment-56002 How the world has changed ... nowadays, you'd just pull up the translation tool on Google or Bing, on your smartphone.... or download an instant translation app that would do it even easier, with speech recognition / text-to-speech. How the world has changed … nowadays, you’d just pull up the translation tool on Google or Bing, on your smartphone…. or download an instant translation app that would do it even easier, with speech recognition / text-to-speech.

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