SJohnRoss , Random RPG memory: George Alec Effinger describing how disappointed he was (angry, even) with the quality of the Marid Audran/Budayeen sourcebook from R-Tal.
He and I were hosting a panel together, at I-Con on Long Island in the 90s, and the panel was about the relationship between folks who write static fiction, and RPG publishers who license novels for RPGs.