thelibrarina

Thank you for doing this! This is one of the best AMAs I have ever read. I'm a librarian trying to get kids interested in the subject, so a few of the facts you shared may end up on a poster, if that's all right with you. How would you like to be credited? :)

I think the expectation is that you're either rich, or on an expense account that will eat the cost of amenities like WiFi access. That's why the WiFi is free at cheaper hotels, because it draws in the customers. Basically the fancy hotels can afford to make you pay for Internet access, which sounds about as stupid as it is.

Obviously I'm not Timothy Zahn, but I can vouch that Aaron Allston was just the nicest guy. He would answer irreverent questions and talk to fans outside the panel room, and his sense of humor in the panels was so sly and brilliant (and occasionally quite dirty) that you'd get that half-second delay before everyone in the room went oh my god did he just say that? and burst out laughing.

I was gutted when I heard he'd passed.