The Fabulist (edit 3)

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I've wrestled with this one quite a bit.  I decided to change the title, to elimiinate the wondering about who Philip is.  He was a friend for forty years and something of a fabulist himself, though he had pretty much one subject, and that was the imminent end of the world.  But he introduced me to all sorts of new ideas, books, films, and ways of looking at things.  He never converted me, but he sure tried. 

So it was "for" him in the sense of a dedication.  And partly, I guess, about him.