ears.” The moderator of the roast, film critic Digby Diehl, read a telegram from Isaac Asimov, which concluded, “Kick him in the balls—signed, Frank Sinatra.” Onstage, Asimov’ s_ fellow science-fiction writer Robert Silverberg announced that “Harlan Ellison is so short that he goes up on HOUSE_OVERSIGHT

id, “Hey Alan, this is Frank.” I asked, “Frank who?” The voice on the other end sounded surprised by the question and immediately responded, “Frank Sinatra.” Sinatra had previously called me when Kitty Kelly’s notorious biography was about to be published. He asked if I was interested in representing hi