An Edge in My Voice: “ Installment 55” (1982), not surprisingly, is Harlan’ s favorite of all his columns inthe series. This fan, equipped with the disposition and general build of a gorilla,stops me in the hallway and asks, ‘Are you Barry Longyear?” “ Yes,” I replied, preparing to bask in author’ s glory. It was crawling like a wounded thing through the years, till oneday the end came, and that was the only release you could pray for. 67 down at Arlanda International, my sponsor, John-HenriHolmberg, was waiting with his new wife, Evastina, and John-Henri’ s son, Alex.
Don’t mess with the holy man, that wasthe message. He reached it before she did. Sometimes it will be disguised,however thinly, by the cloak of fiction or reconstructed reminiscence; examples of this abound throughoutthis collection. and afew other magazines, since my cruel answer had blighted her sister’ s life and career.
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