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"The Lovers"
50th Anniversary Celebration: More Photos |
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| The 50th
Anniversary
Celebration of the publication of the novella "The Lovers" took place
on
Saturday August 10th, 2002 in Peoria, Illinois at the Peoria Public
Library,
Lakeview Branch. The Friends of Peoria Public Library hosted the
Writers
Live Reception. The celebration had also been organized by Michael
Croteau
en Rick Beaulieu, the webmasters of The Official Philip
José
Farmer Home Page, and by Tracy Knight, author and friend of
the Farmers. |
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Friday ---
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Meeting
in the hotel lobby.
From left
to right: Michael Croteau with his son Jordan, Dan Getz and Zacharias
Nuninga |
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THE PERKINS RESTAURANT |
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From left
to right: Gary Wolfe, Philip José Farmer, Roger Crombie,
Zacharias
Nuninga, Susan, Kelly and Michael Croteau, and barely visible are Rick
Bealieu and Dale LaFleur
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From left
to right: Bette Farmer, Zacharias Nuninga, Susan, Kelly, Michael,
Jordan
and Lisa Croteau,
Craig Kimber, Jason
Robert Bell, Rick Bealieu and Dale
LaFleur
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Saturday ---
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AT
THE PEORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Roger Crombie talks with the
other Englishman Paul Spiteri, and Maggie Nelson from
the
Library busy prepairing for
the celebration.
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Michael
Croteau shows me the announcement in Locus #498,
July 2002 of The
Lovers Celebration.
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Frouwke
Dijkhuizen and unknown (?) looking at the books and other
items for
sale at the Library tables.
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There
is also a rather small but strange photo of Philip José
Farmer in Locus.
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THE
CELEBRATION
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Philip
and Bette Farmer are waiting for the things to come.
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Phil accepts
the plaque from
Rick Beaulieu
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The plaque
from the International Philip José Farmer Fan Club
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The book signing session.
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Bill
Dennis, reporter of the local news- paper Peoria Times,
interviewed
several people attending the celebratrion, like Paul Spiteri, me and -
not on the photo - Roger Crombie. |
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Saturday evening ---
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DINNER
AT THE LARIAT RESTAURANT
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left to right: Sharon and Tracy Knight, and Susan Croteau |
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From left
to right: Bette Farmer, Michael Croteau and Dean Marvin
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From left
to right: Roger Crombie, Zachary Gittrich, Kimberly Ladd and Stephanie
Josephsohn,
the last two
are grandchildren and Zachary a great-grandchild of Phil and Bette
Farmer
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Laurie
and Danny Adams
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Farmer
and me
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Shannon
Robicheaux (left) and Zacharias Nuninga (right) trying to get Phil
interested
in talking,
without much
of a success at first.
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From left
to right: Jason Robert Bell, Kelly and Stevyn Prothero
having a
good time.
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When Philip
José Farmer started talking
we enjoyed
it very much at our table
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Claire
Spiteri and Roger Crombie
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All photos
© 2002 by Frouwke Dijkhuizen & Rias Nuninga
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