Hi gang: Tooling around on the internet a week or so ago I came across the text below: ______ Introduction to Vol. 1, No. 1 & 2: Editorial Board: ...
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zvi@xxxxxxxx.xxx
May 6, 1999 9:46 pm
...I came upon this on bibliofind: "Hacker, Marilyn: THE TERRIBLE CHILDREN, PRESENTATION PIECE: A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF THE AUTHOR'S WORK ; Highlights...
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Ron Henry
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May 7, 1999 2:45 pm
At 12:35 PM 5/7/99 -0000, zvi@... wrote: <Description of Hacker mss snipped> ... Probably not source material so much as parallel commentary on the...
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David Cozy
cozy@xxx.xxxxxx.xx.xxx
May 8, 1999 3:18 am
... In his introduction to Vincent Czyz's rather good recent book _Adrift in a Vanishing City_, Delany characterizes himself as: " . . . a gay, gray, pudgy...
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Eli Bishop
elib@...
May 9, 1999 7:03 pm
... Yes, Peter Pan is a discount bus service. Unfortunately the cheap buses are all wired for video and you are forced to watch (and hear) the worst movies in...
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Ron Henry
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May 10, 1999 1:32 pm
... I think it's a charter bus service, as you find in most college towns where there are express busses to the nearest metro areas every weekend carrying ...
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zvi@xxxxxxxx.xxx
May 10, 1999 3:08 pm
H'lo, From: Ron Henry <ronhenry@...> ... It's not a charter line. It's a regular bus route line, like greyhound, but localized to the Northeast....
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
ddanehyo@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
May 10, 1999 3:54 pm
... That would be "The Midas Plague." Collected all ove the place, but probably-most-notably in the theme/future history collection "Midas World," which...
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Ron Henry
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May 11, 1999 2:15 pm
... Aha. Shows what a Hudson-Valley-centric kid knows about New England! (Yeah; everything east of Poughkeepsie's a bit hazy... <squinting into the distance>.)...
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David Cozy
cozy@xxx.xxxxxx.xx.xxx
May 14, 1999 11:00 am
... And no, Ron Henry, I'm not ignoring your question about Czyz's book; I just haven't been able to find a moment to answer. Soon, I hope. Yours, David Cozy ...
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David Cozy
cozy@xxx.xxxxxx.xx.xxx
May 15, 1999 11:13 pm
... I liked it pretty well, and certainly applaud Czyz for his ambition. It is, as Delany notes in his introduction, neither a conventional novel nor a ...
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toddbehr@xxxxxx.xxxx
May 29, 1999 2:27 pm
Wow! The list has been quiet for the last little while. Anyway, I was surprised to receive a copy of Delany's new book, "Times Square Red, Times Square Blue"...
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Eli Bishop
elib@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
May 29, 1999 9:19 pm
I wouldn't worry about the list. These things all go through periods of fatigue and get busy again unexpectedly. Glad to know TSRTSB is out. Comments,...
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Amy Harlib
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May 30, 1999 2:44 am
Nova is my second favorite Delany book following Stars in My Pockets, etc. I was also quite fond of Dhalgren. I think if you can get into the characters and...
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zvi@xxxxxxxx.xxx
May 30, 1999 2:28 pm
Hi Todd, From: <toddbehr@...> ... Cool! Please let us know what it's all about. Is it a hardcover? I wonder if there's going to be a more affordable...
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Richard Moorman
richard@xxxxxx.xxxxxx...
May 30, 1999 2:51 pm
... Yes! Yes, indeedy. Nova has all the high quest feel of "Moby Dick" or "Star Wars" but with the surface dazzle that Delany always provides. It's also a...
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
ddanehyo@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
May 30, 1999 5:24 pm
... At a quick estimate: About eight times. (The only SRD books -- at least of those I've seen, which I _think_ is all of 'em short of TSRTSB -- I've only read...
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Amy Harlib
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May 31, 1999 2:56 am
Thank you for providing the most lucid description of Dhalgren I've ever read. I personally really liked the book but had trouble articulating what made it so...
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Eli Bishop
elib@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
May 31, 1999 4:26 pm
VERY good comments about Dhalgren, Dan'l. ... This is interesting, but ... ... ... I would certainly call TRITON "surprisingly, warm" as well....
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Ron Henry
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Jun 1, 1999 1:55 pm
... I agree. (I may also have disagreed with calling Nova cold, as well.) Related to this comment, I wanted to observe that I have always seen Dhalgren and...
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
ddanehyo@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 1, 1999 3:17 pm
... Thank you. ... I think I understand why you say this (and correct me if I'm wrong), because, I agree, TRITON is a character-based book: in fact, probably ...
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zvi@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Jun 1, 1999 5:01 pm
Hi, There's been a recent spate of postings discussing DHALGREN and Delany on the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written. Some fairly interesting discussions --...
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zvi@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Jun 1, 1999 5:25 pm
Hi, Here are the details: Web page: http://www.eventhorizon.com/sfzine/chats/index.html From the page: "Event Horizon chats bring you modem-to-modem with some...
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Richard Moorman
richard@xxxxxx.xxxxxx...
Jun 1, 1999 10:37 pm
Oh, that is so cool! The chat moderator is often Ed Bryant, who aside from being one of the better SF/horror writers on the planet, is also one of the better...
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Eli Bishop
elib@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 3, 1999 1:50 am
See below... ... Heh heh... you _think_ you're talking yourself around. That's how subtle my powers are. Yes, this is pretty much what I meant. I think...
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Amy Harlib
aharlib@xxxxxxxx.xxx....
Jun 4, 1999 4:10 am
-- Amy Harlib aharlib@... Delany's newest book was given a STARRED review in the May 31 issue of Publishers Weekly magazine. They had the...
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zvi@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Jun 10, 1999 5:13 pm
Hello all, Just a reminder of the Delany chat at event horizon 10pm EST today (6/10). Here's the posting from the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written. Note the copy ...
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zvi@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Jun 13, 1999 12:22 am
Hi there, Flashpoint's chat with Samuel R. Delany was kind of fun; I certainly learned a few things, which I guess was the point. It was a little slower-moving...
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David Cozy
cozy@xxx.xxxxxx.xx.xxx
Jun 13, 1999 4:20 am
... Thanks you, Zvi, for making this available to those of us who couldn't get to a computer during the actual chat. Any chance you'll be doing the same for...
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Richard Moorman
richard@xxxxxx.xxxxxx...
Jun 13, 1999 5:10 am
Thanks for posting the chat transcript. I reminded myself of it earlier in the day, then got caught up in other things until it had been over for half an...
