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[Stewart Dean]

>
> Robert Lynn Asprin just died.
There must be some mythstake. 

What happens to all his or her characters, that seem so vivid, more 
vital than many people, when their progenitor dies?  When you get used 
to book after book, year after year, when they become part of /you/, 
when a joy is finding someone sharp and witty enough to share the 
author's ouevre with....Heinlein, Francis, O'Brien, Asprin and thanks to 
you of the list, Heyer.

Heinlein had a short story, maybe in  the collection /Tne Unpleasant 
Profession of/ whoeveritwas, of an alternate universe meta 
fantasy/scifi-fi con where all the characters mingle, tell their lies 
and hoist the mug

Chuck Jones penned so many of the wonderful cartoons of my youth, Mel 
Blanc voiced them:  Tweety Bird, Slyvester, Foghorn Chicken, Peepy Le 
Pew, Porky Pig (and his th-th-th-that's all Folks) just to name a few.  
Chuck Jones (now gone himself) had, after Mel's death, penned a cartoon: 
it showed all the characters that Mel had voiced in a huddled group, 
silent with their heads bowed.  At the other side was a microphone in a 
spotlight with nobody there.  At the bottom were the words Mel Blanc and 
his dates

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