Thanks for writing this, Jesse. It confirms a bit about Ron that I observed when he was at Norwescon --I think it was Norwescon 4 which would place it probably in '82 or thereabouts. He was acting extremely paranoid, said he was hiding from "enemies who wanted to kill him" and we (my friends and I) basically said "Well, if you need to hide, an sf con is about the best place, no one would find you here!" He was also at Norwescon One which was in 1978, and bragged then at how he was making all this stuff up off the top of his head and how proud he was at all the sycophants that bought it hook, line, and sinker. He was pretty stoned and drunk most of the time at the Con, and the more he drank the more effusive and fun he got. Of course all I knew at the time was that it was a scam, I did not know about the abuses. But he did revel in making the whole lot up and saying whatever popped into his head and having the credulous hang on every word. The more I read about the experiences of everyone who fell into his paranoid delusional universe, though, the more amazed I am that he apparently crafted the trap seemingly well despite all the off the wall claptrap. Once immersed in it, the delusions seem almost self perpetuating. I am glad you are out of it. I wish that the rest were--at least the ones who are still trying to talk themselves out of doubts and figure out why it isn't working for them, and all the ones who are being confined against their will. -- Bright Blessings,
Starshadow (SP4, KoX) (remove lovesxenu to reply)
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