td, I like the Elvis Cole detective novels. I know Robert Crais, the author slightly. He and Harlan Ellison are good friends and we have supped together at Harlan's house. At Harlan's 65th b'day, Ellison took Bob,myself, and Stan Lee on an exclusive tour of the house. It was the first time I had seen all of it. Later Bob and I were chatting in Harlan's dining-room and we look over and Spock and Chekov were sitting at the dining-room table, chatting. I just looked back at Crais and said: "surreal." He nodded. Bob's a heck of nice guy and a good mystery writer and deserving of all his success.