That Auden poem is hilarious, and oh so very true. And yeah, promoting your own book in an obit is SO tacky. I had never heard of Amanda Craig before now, so me not buying her books was just an oversight. Now it's a vow!

As for Readercon, I hadn't kept up with THAT development. Well, someone's a little tinpot Mussolini.

*blinks*

Gawd almighty. That's....really blatant. She couldn't have tried for a bit more subtlety and plausible deniability? Evidently Rene Walling is fortunate in his friends: fortunate that they approach life much the same way he does.