Hatherley Hatherley Hatherley

How hard can it be to spell?

2000

I was lucky in 2000. Either that or my output has slowed again.

1999

I thought things had been going a little too well. Both entries in Pyramid turned out fine, which is pretty good for Steve Jackson Games. Then, while I am ego-surfing at amazon.com, I discover that they can't spell my name either. (Ironically, The Golden Dawn itself never puts a foot wrong.)

1997 and 1998

Either good years, or I haven't written enough.

1996

You'd think they learn - particularly after I ragged them about it. But no, I win third prize in the INWO Design-A-Card competition and Steve Jackson Games still get my name wrong in Pyramid.

Another case of two different spellings between the covers. This time arcane is taking the blame with Hatherly at the article and Hatherley in the list of contributors.

1994

Kept my head down.

1995

Adding insult to injury, Chaosium get my name wrong again when they reprint my wonderful creations from The Stars Are Right in their Ye Book of Monstres II.

1993

Stranger and stranger. The Last Province manage to spell  Hatherley with no casualties when they ran Kastajhan's Carpet, but then screw up with Steven. Weird - I am always Steve, bit if you must use my full name it's Stephen. Not Steven. Ugh.

1992

A bumper year. First Chaosium get it wrong in The Stars Are Right (right) and then Steve Jackson Games slip up with GURPS Time Travel Adventures (below). The weird thing is, in both cases my name is spelled correctly next to the scenario iteself. It's only when some nameless designer tries to spell my name that they cock it up.

1991

Games Master International #15 was particularly bad with my review of GURPS Psionics and GURPS Terradyne credited to Steve Blease - and in the contributor's list they called me "Hathersley." Bastards.

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