Another classic sf writer to catch, if you haven't: MZB

Marion Zimmer Bradley was one of a kind. She and I met on Hugo Awards night in KC, my very first convention. I was so mundane I'd brought Sunday best and high heels for my only attire, especially since I'd heard the award banquet was going to be tux and tails. I believed it. Of course—in reality, this event is teeshirts and flipflops for most of the audience. But Robert Heinlein was GOH that year and he suggested tux and tails for the nominees…I'd gotten only part of the story. Anyway, I...