We were almost Phil's foster parents when we lived in Libertyville,
Illinois 20 years ago. He was in college then, and just starting to
get his stuff printed in the fanzines. He'd come out to our place
on weekends, and you'd swear from the way he ate that he'd starved himself
all week until he could get free meals at our place. I think Carol (my
wife) was the first one to hug him on his way to the podium to pick
up his first Hugo at Suncon, back in 1977.
-- Mike Resnick
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