tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7340791426904951096..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: George Alec EffingerLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70499088128752432442024-03-24T14:24:27.542-04:002024-03-24T14:24:27.542-04:00I appreciate the reply very much and have sent you...I appreciate the reply very much and have sent you an email! Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215900510486892816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72627164621589330952024-03-18T19:00:03.047-04:002024-03-18T19:00:03.047-04:00Alex, our wonderful software has decided O'Nei...Alex, our wonderful software has decided O'Neil is not allowed to respond today. Feel free to email him at denoux3124@yahoo.com Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-91988277272803926822024-03-18T17:06:35.978-04:002024-03-18T17:06:35.978-04:00Alex, this is O'Neil De Noux replying. I have ...Alex, this is O'Neil De Noux replying. I have to do so anonymously because I cannot get a comment up any other way. If you want to communicate with me, send me an email at denoux3124@yahoo.com. Here is the comment I've been trying to post for the last forty minutes: George had been living quietly in New Orleans since @ 1970. I met him in 1988, and he was living in an apartment at 1054 Dumaine Street half-a-block below Rampart Street. He wrote the Budayeen books there, as well as others and a lotta short stories. Before living on Dumaine, he lived uptown. He showed me the place but I don’t remember where it was exactly. It was around Magazine Street where he moved to in the mid-1990s after living on Dumaine. The apartment was just up Magazine from Jefferson Avenue. He lived there with his last wife Barbara Hambly. After they broke up, he lived in an apartment on Chartres Street across from the Ursuline Convent. He bounced around after that, living with other friends until he died. He did NOT die of a drug overdose as some have reported. I spoke with the coroner’s office investigator (a friend) who advised the autopsy revealed George died of a bleeding ulcer. I do miss him.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31492840712409514992024-03-18T17:04:02.581-04:002024-03-18T17:04:02.581-04:00George had been living quietly in New Orleans sinc...George had been living quietly in New Orleans since @ 1970. I met him in 1988, and he was living in an apartment at 1054 Dumaine Street half-a-block below Rampart Street. He wrote the Budayeen books there, as well as others and a lotta short stories. Before living on Dumaine, he lived uptown. He showed me the place but I don’t remember where it was exactly. It was around Magazine Street where he moved to in the mid-1990s after living on Dumaine. The apartment was just up Magazine from Jefferson Avenue. He lived there with his last wife Barbara Hambly. After they broke up, he lived in an apartment on Chartres Street across from the Ursuline Convent. He bounced around after that, living with other friends until he died. He did NOT die of a drug overdose as some have reported. I spoke with the coroner’s office investigator (a friend) who advised the autopsy revealed George died of a bleeding ulcer. I do miss him.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.oneildenoux.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-59129949932506326692024-03-14T17:25:26.640-04:002024-03-14T17:25:26.640-04:00Do you know what area(s) of New Orleans George liv...Do you know what area(s) of New Orleans George lived in while writing the Budayeen cycle? I’m a New Orleans native and fan of his work. I’d love to know what his stomping grounds were (other than the quarter) that allowed him to create such an accurate yet otherworldly depiction of the city. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215900510486892816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-49736420421091229532019-07-01T11:56:59.418-04:002019-07-01T11:56:59.418-04:00Chadwick. Yes. George was inspired by characters i...Chadwick. Yes. George was inspired by characters in the Quarter. Unfortunately, I do not remember the details. I remember him telling me a particular woman inspired a certain character and a particular place inspired a place in the Buyadeen. I should have paid closer attention.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66821986004502322612019-06-25T20:47:36.085-04:002019-06-25T20:47:36.085-04:00Say, do you know any stories about what he drew fr...Say, do you know any stories about what he drew from the Quarter to create the Buyadeen? I mean more than the geography and the feel. Are there characters drawn from his circles, or bars?Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926626356382240091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31773301334215527902016-12-31T01:47:09.602-05:002016-12-31T01:47:09.602-05:00Fascinating and informative, O'Neil--great pie...Fascinating and informative, O'Neil--great piece. <br /><br />Glad to hear I'm not the only one who loved <i>The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard</i>. It's on my bookshelf also. Mysteries OR Westerns, Leonard was a genius.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50113617301685358832016-12-30T20:59:29.893-05:002016-12-30T20:59:29.893-05:00Jeff,
GEORGE ALEC EFFINGER LIVE! FROM PLANET EARTH...Jeff,<br />GEORGE ALEC EFFINGER LIVE! FROM PLANET EARTH sits on the bookshelf above my bed next to another great collection, THE COMPLETE WESTERN STORIES OF ELMORE LEONARD. LIVE! includes my all-time favorite Effinger story - "One." I miss him.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-23047274401204261752016-12-30T20:40:14.003-05:002016-12-30T20:40:14.003-05:00I hadn't heard of him, O'Neil. But will ch...I hadn't heard of him, O'Neil. But will check him out. Thanks.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29948676126008594762016-12-30T19:11:13.089-05:002016-12-30T19:11:13.089-05:00Wow! I've loved his short-stories for years! A...Wow! I've loved his short-stories for years! And you knew him! Wow! Thanks for the remembrance here! For anyone wanting some of his best stories, I recommend the collection "George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth." Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89643290080696013082016-12-30T14:49:04.570-05:002016-12-30T14:49:04.570-05:00George was lucky to have you for a friend, and you...George was lucky to have you for a friend, and you were lucky that he taught you to write. Preserve the past, enjoy the present.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-91029323693299601852016-12-30T12:58:24.706-05:002016-12-30T12:58:24.706-05:00Thanks for this touching and informative portrait....Thanks for this touching and informative portrait.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-73775524756543635582016-12-30T11:07:30.115-05:002016-12-30T11:07:30.115-05:00I'll put it on my ever-lengthening list!I'll put it on my ever-lengthening list!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-770744767116225992016-12-30T08:05:43.304-05:002016-12-30T08:05:43.304-05:00Sounds fascinating. I'll pass his name on to t...Sounds fascinating. I'll pass his name on to the science fiction fan in our household.janice lawnoreply@blogger.com