Another sucker punch from a cowardly Fate. Brian was one of my best
friends in the field and edited several of my books when he was at
Warner. We were friends since he entered the field, and
encountering him at a con led to hours of deep discussion on
everything from the state of the genre to the state of the world. A
gentle man of strong opinions, with a ready laugh usually directed
at the foibles of the species, it was a fucking persistent crime
that he did not spend his last years as editor-in-chief at a major
publishing house. But Brian wasn't pushy enough, didn't kowtow
sufficiently to the flavor of the moment, and wouldn't kiss
adequate corporate butt. The field will miss him, and I'll miss him
more.
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