Applying the Tilgath-Pilesar principle

I am pretty sure I have mentioned the Tilgath-Pilesar principle before. It is, of course, the brainchild of one of my favorite authors, David Halpern. Of course, he is not my favorite author for any of the normal reasons. you know what I mean...
Some authors we enjoy because they write a genre we are fond of. I, like Fullur, enjoy Louis L'Amour and his Western genre, I am a big fan of Margaret Weis, Michael Stackpole, Timothy Zahn and a handful of others in the Fantasy/Science Fiction genre...by the way, how on earth did THOSE two get linked? Let's look at that for a second:
Science Fiction: technologically advanced, usually set in the future and involving space travel and hyper-advances in technology, weapons being stuff like lasers and proton torpedoes.
Fantasy: usually set deep in the past, weapons stuff like swords, bows and arrows, and magic. Yeah, (sarcasm coming up soon) those are practically identical. Of course they are grouped together. It is like putting the cook books next to the crocheting books. It just works together.
Okay, now that the aside is over, some authors we enjoy because we find them particularly amusing. Dave Barry almost always brings a smile to my face, for example, although I actually almost never set out specifically to purchase a comedy book. Though not particularly a fan of the historical novel, Dumas and Scott always entertain me.
Some authors become favorites because they are informative about subjects we wish to become informed on. Scarne would be one.
Halpern I suppose would fall into this last category. In fact, it is his level of knowledge that approaches making him my favorite author. He falls short on so many levels...he writes about a period of history I am not particularly interested in, he is...well, not to say he isn't entertaining, but when I am in danger of becoming an insomniac I break out his book and it helps me through the night...but he is my favorite because of the depth of his information.
How informative is he? Well, probably better than 95% of his citations are citing...wait for it...HIMSELF. That's right, when Halpern does his research, he can find nobody better versed in the subject to read than his own work. He references himself time after time and other people almost never. He is not only an authority on the subject or THE authority on a subject...he is apparently the ONLY authority on the subject. Yeah, that cracks me up.
I mean, I enjoy reading my own stuff...but even I am not so megalomaniacal as to so totally discount the work of anyone else as to cite myself almost exclusively. Perhaps I should be. I would be more fun. Just imagine the conversations.
Drew:"As Drew stated in conversation with his sister in law the 8th of October, 2006, the ingestion of pizza on a regular basis might enhance the mood of the consumer but it also enhances the stomach line."
Random listener: "Uh...nutritionists have been saying that for decades."
Drew: "As Drew said in conversation to Random Listener, if that is indeed your real name and not a clever alias, in a hypothetical online conversation 10/9/2006, shut the smurf up."
See how fun that would be? And yes, in David's Secret Demons Halpern did, indeed, cite himself...in conversations he had. How fun is that? Pretty smurfing fun, I think.
Well, now that we have dodged through three asides and much randomness, I shall explain the Tilgath-Pilesar principle as it applies to me. As Drew stated several times in the Junior High-high school class he taught in the mid-90s, any subject that has an introduction longer than the subject will be is naturally lots of fun.
Too bad you don't get to read it right now. As Drew said...well...lot's of times, later, gator.