fogie: Homer? without Jethro? What's the point of that?

Little Hawk: There wouldn't be much conversation at your dictators' dinner, after Idi ate the other guests...

Musicians' dinner:

Tom Russell
Utah
Ian
Norman
Jim Ringer, if he could be revived.

Authors' dinner (living):

Stephen Brust
David Drake
Peter Bowen
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (spouses and co-authors - I'm fudging by counting them as one)
Joel Rosenberg

Authors' dinner (all-time)

RAH
Poul Anderson
Roger Zelazny
Fritz Leiber
HPL

Peter.