{"id":1001,"date":"2007-04-06T07:15:28","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T12:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2007-04-06T07:15:28","modified_gmt":"2007-04-06T12:15:28","slug":"on-dictionary-definitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1001","title":{"rendered":"On Dictionary Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

As is not uncommon, this is Keith’s doing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many years from now, when I am added to the dictionary…<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n
\nAllyn —<\/font><\/b>
\n[noun]:<\/font><\/p>\n

A master of storytelling<\/p>\n

‘How will you be defined in the dictionary?’<\/a> at QuizGalaxy.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/table>\n

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I can picture the conversations now.<\/p>\n

“That Harlan Ellison, he was a real allyn, you know? Those short stories of his? Damn, they took my breath away. Only an allyn could do that.”<\/p>\n

“He may have been an allyn when it came to his own work, but never<\/i> ask him to edit an anthology. Why, the Big Crunch will happen before we’ll ever see The Last Dangerous Visions<\/i>.”<\/p>\n

“Too true, too true.”<\/p>\n

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