Martin's Speech at a convention

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http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0410/theheartofasmall.shtml

This is a text, printed in Asimov's magazine, of a speech made by George R. R. Martin at the 61st World Science Fiction convention. It is a very long speech but a very enjoyable read. Here's a snippet:

It was in the backyard that I created my first character. I suppose I was about three. Most cowboys had one six-shooter, but some had two, and that was cooler. Somehow I figured out that three would be even better than two, four would be better than three, and so on. Instead of playing at being Roy Rogers or Hopalong Cassidy or Red Ryder, I told my mother that I was that famous desperado, Lotsa Guns, who had guns in his boots and his cowboy hat and shoved through his belt and everywhere. Admittedly, most of my armaments looked suspiciously like sticks . . . but hey, I wouldn’t be standing here today without a vivid imagination.

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Brilliant! I would love to meet the man. He has so much charisma and a sincere love of this genre.

 

[scalem X]

Yeah, who wouldn't like to meet him?
Damn, for some reasons I would be in favor of cloning.