Shawn has written eloquently about the Harlan Ellison-groping-Connie Willis scandaloid. I think that’s what it’s about, and it’s applicable.
How embarrassing for those of us who don’t think that being a writer entails the right to behave like a dick for life. Has the man ever apologized? I read his intro to Dick Lupoff’s Space War Blues, and was amazed how the man seemed unable in any way to apologize. To anyone.
He’s lucky Connie didn’t drop-kick him on the spot. I know she’s too classy for that, but he deserved it. Must just be that she’s so much more important and successful than him. That’s gotta irk him, I guess.