James Kim Family Missing
James Kim and his family have been missing since Saturday. James is an editor at Cnet and appears regularly on a couple of their podcasts with Veronica Belmont. For more information, please read these postings at TWiT, Crave and Engadget. If you have any information as to the Kim family’s whereabouts, please contact the SFPD at 415-558-5508 during normal business hours, and 415-553-1071 after hours.
Houdini and Doyle
I was just cataloging The Secret Life of Houdini by William Kalush and Larry Sloman and I was inrigued by reading this in the 520 field.
Draws on newly uncovered archives to reveal Houdini’s secret work as a spy for the United States and England, his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered.
I placed a reserve on it so I can read it when the processing gets complete. I also noticed two more novels, Escapade by Walter Satterthwait, and The Arcanum by Thomas Wheeler which feature both of them as characters. I think I will give both of those a read as well.
Professor Michael Stephens
Michael Stephens, who I had the please of meeting last year at CIL2005, just announced that he has accepted a tenure-track teaching position at Dominican University’s. This is exciting news for Michael, positive news for the University, and great news for our profession as a whole.
The Birthdate of Teri Garr
I just spent a few minutes cataloguing Teri Garr’s new autobiography, SpeedBumps. What caught my attention was the 100 field where it read “Garr, Teri, 1952-.” I kind of thought that was unlikely, since I thought she was somewhat older than 15 in Assignment: Earth. A quick bit of checking found that IMDB and Wikipedia give different dates as well. Apparently, her birthdate has been a subject of debate for some time. It would someone in the Authority Department at the LC needs to do some fact-checking.
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I just noticed, on the dust jacket, it reads, “at seventeen, she was swiveling her hips alongside Elvis and Ann-Margaret in Viva Las Vegas.” So does that mean the correct date is 1947?
James Doohan
Star Trek was the favorite television show of my early childhood. And Montgomery Scott was probably my favorite character. I can remember sitting in front of the television waiting for another episode of “Star Track” to begin.
I got to stand in line for James Doohan at several Star Trek conventions. And even saw him as the guest of honor at a Highlands Games once.
He was a man who lived a full life.
