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Author David Eddings Accidentally Burns Down Office

From the Nevada Appeal:

Fantasy writer David Eddings, 75, said he was using water to flush out the gas tank of his broken-down Excalibur sports car, when some fluid leaked. In a lapse of judgment he readily admitted, Eddings lit a piece of paper and threw into the puddle to test if it was still flammable. The answer came in an orange torrent.
[via Eternal Golden Braid]

Share: | Posted by John on Monday January 29, 2007 - 1:02 PM | Category: Books | © 2007 SF Signal



Comments

Hey, it worked! :D

Posted by Carl V. on Monday January 29, 2007 at 6:17 PM

I think the lesson to be learned here is don't keep old cars in your garage because you never know when you might have a lapse of judgement and decided to blow it up...:-@

Posted by Peter on Monday January 29, 2007 at 7:07 PM

There's gotta be a novel here somehow.

Posted by Charlie Green on Monday January 29, 2007 at 8:19 PM

Another great quote from the article is where Eddings states he has a word to describe what he did: "Dumb." :)

Posted by ScottSh on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 8:13 AM

What a brilliant publicity ploy and he gets to make a claim on his insurance. (It's not arson if you're just "dumb" right?)

Posted by Tracy Falbe on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 4:26 PM



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