>An acclaimed novelist lost his office in Carson City on Thursday when
>he threw a lit piece of paper into gasoline.
>
>Fantasy writer David Eddings, 75, said he was using water to flush out
> the gas tank of his broken-down Excalibur s****ts car, when some fluid
> leaked. In a lapse of judgment he readily admitted, Eddings lit a
> piece of paper and threw into the puddle to test if it was still
> flammable. The answer came in an orange torrent.
>
>The fire raged through the garage and a quarter of the way into the
> office that occupies the lot next door to his home. His 95-year-old
> mother-in-law inside the home, came outside to find the juniper trees
> lining the driveway had gone up in flames, too.
>
>Eddings said his intention to was to prevent a fire - he was afraid to
> leave a tank full of gasoline in a car that had gone kaput - but
> instead he did the opposite.
>
>"One word comes to mind," the renowned wordsmith said as he stood in a
> pajama ****rt and slippers. "Dumb."
>
>The author of 27 novels, Eddings said the original manuscripts of most
> of his work were in the basement of the office building. But his
> biggest worry was about his fax machine, which is the connection
> between his home and his wife, Leigh's, doctor. Leigh, co-author of
> most of his writings, is unable to speak as a result of a series of
> strokes.
>
>The loss of the s****ts car, which he bought in the 1970s, was a little
> painful as well, he said.
>
>"It made for a real fancy vehicle, right up until it burned."
(from http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20070126/NEWS/101260101
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William Marnoch
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