Talk:Andrew J. Offutt

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I believe that the words "Offutt also has give grandchildren" has a typo: "give" should be "five". Please confirm and make the change. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.78.69 (talk) 14:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite right. As the perpetrator of the typo, I apologize. It's fixed now. Thanks! BPK (talk) 15:38, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MMMkay uhm - - -

Andy Offutt does not exist. It was a pseudonym used by Science Fiction and Fantasy writer Poul Anderson. Look into it.  ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.200.152 (talk) 23:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! If this is true, then my wife and I must have killed way too many brain cells when we celebrated life with Andy and Jodie on the porch of their wonderful mt. home years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.212.64.191 (talk) 12:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I refer everyone to "Fantasy" by Poul Anderson, published out of New York by Tom Doherty Associates (Tor Books) in 1984. Several stories appear in that collection by Poul Anderson, under his psuedonym, Andrew J. Offutt, including "The Tale of Hauk," "On Thud and Blunder," and "Of Pigs and Men." I also refer you to the "Swords Against Darkness" series; it is well known that Poul Anderson was the driving force behind this series, under the pseudonym Andy Offutt.

Or you can just simply take a GOOD look at his picture: http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1233440993p5/11065.jpg  :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.212.149 (talk) 23:15, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This claim that these two separate authors were one is just plain silly. I'm pretty well-read in the SF/Fantasy field, and I've never come across any such claim. Nonetheless, I did "look into it," and there's nothing to it. None of the standard SF references (such as the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, to name just one of the most accessible) lend any support to this nonsense. The only relation the three Anderson pieces have to Offutt is that they appeared in Offutt-edited anthologies -- and as by Anderson, not Offutt. Poul Anderson had a fair number of pseudonyms, but none of them was Andrew Offutt. For that matter, Offutt had a number of pseudonyms, and none was Poul Anderson. I'm sure this notion would come as quite a surprise to Offutt's author son Chris Offutt as well. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. If you expect to be taken seriously, provide some credible sources for your assertions -- and sign them. Otherwise, stop wasting our time. BPK (talk) 04:10, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gimme a break, this is a joke. I've talked with them both in the same room on numerous occasions. I know Offutt's wife and children. Poul Anderson and Andrew Offutt were friends.

Removed reference to the Cincinnati Enquirer obituary dated April 11, as the details do not match up with his actual life and family. Updated dates to be consistent with the obituary from Locus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mephistophelesobrien (talk • contribs) 14:57, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

His writer son, Chriss, has written a biography of sorts that is due out the second week of February 2016. http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/news/a41426/my-dad-was-a-porn-legend/?mag=esq&list=nl_enl_news&src=nl&date=013016 64.53.191.77 (talk) 19:10, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]