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The Scribblies were afantasyfiction group of writers formed in theU.S. city ofMinneapolis in January 1980. Members included Nate Bucklin,Emma Bull,Steven Brust,Kara Dalkey,Pamela Dean,Will Shetterly andPatricia Wrede.[1] At the time, they shared the same editor and literary agent.[2]
These authors all contributed short stories in theLiavek anthologies.Liavek was a shared-world series edited byEmma Bull andWill Shetterly.[3]
The name "Scribblies" is a joke inspired by theIndustrial Workers of the World, "the Wobblies". It also derives fromPrince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh's comment toEdward Gibbon upon receiving the second (or third, or possibly both) volume(s) of Gibbon'sThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "Another damned thick book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh, Mr. Gibbon?"[3]
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