tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914240240136513817.post3739582117956291437..comments2024-02-02T16:31:42.645-06:00Comments on RA for All: Horror: 31 Days of Horror: Day 8-- Lesley Conner Pays Tribute to J.F. GonzalezBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085260877904727608noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914240240136513817.post-29305844478177732962015-10-08T17:24:02.401-05:002015-10-08T17:24:02.401-05:00Good job, Lesley. He would have been proud of you....Good job, Lesley. He would have been proud of you. Hell, he *was* proud of you.Keenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00247352977856345320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914240240136513817.post-77436178127019592802015-10-08T09:17:41.260-05:002015-10-08T09:17:41.260-05:00Excellent and much-deserved tribute. I never got ...Excellent and much-deserved tribute. I never got to meet Mr. Gonzalez in person but I did have a few very interesting interactions with him on Twitter, about old-school Victorian horror writers and how mystifying it is that people aren't reading Karl Edward Wagner as much as they should. Even in those brief exchanges his extensive knowledge, his genuineness, and his generosity came through. I was just an unknown fan and he was treating me like a peer - he wasn't rushing me off and seemed as happy to find someone who knew of those authors as I was. I've had a lot of nice interactions with big-name horror authors but often feel like they're just being nice (and I appreciate them for it, because I'm conscious of how many people they have to deal with, and I never hold it against them if they don't reply - I'd rather they be writing more books than answering one of my goofy comments, anyway :) ), but Mr. Gonzalez didn't come across as just "being" nice for P.R. or whatever -- he WAS nice. And, man, was he smart. It's hard to find people who still know of the authors he discussed with me. <br /><br />He is missed, and I'm glad we have so much of his writing, and appreciate Brian Keen's efforts at releasing the rest. Like Karl Edward Wagner, J.F. Gonzalez should remain on the reading lists of future generations. He was unique, and important.Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.com