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YES! 1002 backers for FORBIDDEN LIBRARY, so as promised, I’ll tweet some D&D-related library stories. First: back in 1986, Jeff Grubb called me out of the blue to see if I was interested in selling the Forgotten Realms to TSR to be the…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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…setting for the 2nd edition of the game. I said yes, and so began years of back and forth phone calls and FedEx shipments. About a month into this, someone who didn’t identify themselves called the library and I replied with my usual…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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…sultry bass “Good afternoon, Brookbanks Library, how may I help you?” They hung up. And called back about five minutes later; one of my bosses (I was the only male, and lowest ranking) answered. The caller identified himself as with…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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…TSR’s legal department and asked who’d answered him the first time. “Ed Greenwood” was the reply. “Oh, I thought it was a phone sex worker,” said the TSR lawyer. “He might well be,” said my boss. “Do you want to talk to him anyway?”— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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"Well, he IS the party I'm trying to reach, actually."
"Thought so. Most of the crazies call for Ed."
;}— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019