Images of David Selby from his September 2009 appearance on Mad Men are now posted on his official web site. The episode is included in the recent Season 3 DVD release of the series.

http://www.davidselby.com/photos/madmen/index.htm

I'm told that David Selby is on p. 60 of the March 30 issue of Soap Opera Digest. 

Before I die, I fully expect to see a best-selling novel about Hitler or Stalin or Mao  (or all three!) in cahoots with demonic space aliens.  Hopefully, this will not be until the year 2065 or so, but my hopes have been dashed before.

You won't have to wait that long. You can find that sort of thing being published contemporaneously with the events in question. One need look no further than the exploits of comic book heroes during World War II.

I just find the whole debate about books like this interesting because it raises questions about what is essential to the story and how much we're willing to allow people to take license with it.

For example, the Lincoln play that Selby did last year had the President being visited by ghosts, spirits, visions, etc. and conversing with them. That is arguably an effective device for demonstrating how he struggled with competing ideologies about slavery and the war, but, while not as extreme as what this latest novel does (as I understand it, haven't read it), it's still superimposing a paranormal/supernatural element over historical events.

As for the manipulations of literature, that's not terribly different from what fan fiction does or from what Gregory Maguire has turned into a cottage industry, but we still have our debates about fanfic that goes too far, takes too many liberties, etc.

So I guess maybe I should use the spoiler feature to mention that I have wanted to read the P&P&V book since it came out and have been looking for it in the used bookstore that I frequent and that the Abe Lincoln book is on my list too? 

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield is having the author come in for a presentation on the book this weekend.

**** DAVID SELBY IN STORY-TELLING PROGRAM
David (Quentin) will appear in the closing show of the season at the "Speaking of Stories" program series.

The location is Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara CA 93101.

Purchase tickets at the Box Office (805) 963-0408. Website: centerstagetheater.org For information: 805) 966-3875 or visit: info@speakingofstories.org

To clarify, the web site is http://www.speakingofstories.org/ or you can email info@speakingofstories.org about purchasing tickets.

Yeah, which meant I was not the first person to do a nude dance in the house. j/k