I’d say this contradicts that, except I don’t think anyone knew they wanted it!!

;-)

(For those unfamiliar, long, long ago, when I was called upon to sign mountains of reprints of my work, someone waiting in the line at a con quipped that I should have a reprint signature. What would that be, I wondered, and on the flight home an answer suggested itself: a rubber stamp.

(I had one made, and used it for many years to the great amusement of the fans.)*

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*Some fans actually asked me to sign first printings with the stamp, but I saw too much potential for mischief if I did that. (I also brought along a sheaf of my comp copies, so I could sign one for fans who had brought along only reprints.)

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Reading his first appearance in FF.

Thus my story in ELSEWHEN comes the closest to a story CC and I were actually talking about doing.

And, no, I didn’t consult with CC either!