... Well, having changed the subject line so those not interested need not apply, and as the first "jumper" I shall proceed to enlighten you :-) Fafhrd and...
Mark Barltrop
tachyon@...
Mar 1, 1997 8:27 am
774
If we're talking Leiber books, let's not forget the classic (well if it's not it should be!) "A Spectre Is Haunting Texas" Steve...
Steve Ellis
lsd@...
Mar 1, 1997 10:03 am
775
... Interesting take, Frank. This is one of those things that sometimes make me think I might be too literal-minded. I'd just taken it at face value that it ...
Steve Ellis
lsd@...
Mar 1, 1997 10:35 am
776
... drew ... I'd like to think we're better than that. I'd like to think that, when we find it necerssary to take that ultimate step, and deprive someone of...
Jonathan Andrew Sheen
jsheen@...
Mar 1, 1997 1:33 pm
777
... I don't think the gang at National Public Radio are discreet enough to make it in the espionage field. I guess they tried it in the mid-eighties, and Terry...
Jonathan Andrew Sheen
jsheen@...
Mar 1, 1997 1:33 pm
778
... Actually Frank I think you're conflating two scenes - the fancy tomb was definitely Vonnegut's - the protagonist describes him as someone who invented a...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
LoveAE1@...
Mar 1, 1997 4:27 pm
779
In a message dated 97-03-01 11:19:33 EST, you write: << Actually Frank I think you're conflating two scenes - the fancy tomb was definitely Vonnegut's - the...
TremewanC@...
Mar 1, 1997 6:10 pm
780
... You're forgetting the Kdaptist heresy ("You were raised a Kdaptist, weren't you?"), and of course the Kzin official religion (or it wouldn't be heresy) and...
Itamar S.-T.
itamars@...
Mar 1, 1997 6:38 pm
781
... Let's not! but I didn't mention it because its been ages since I read it and I could recall precious little about it (though I do seem to remember quite...
Mark Barltrop
tachyon@...
Mar 1, 1997 8:23 pm
782
... I can't have anything but regret for the victims and their families. And, I'll still hoist one to the deaths of Hitler and Stalin, too (Niven made me a...
Frank W. Moore
fmoore@...
Mar 2, 1997 10:21 pm
783
... Well, it is funny that when I first read it I thought immediately 'L. Ron Hubbard' and a number of you thought Vonnegut. Did Niven or Pournelle ever say...
Frank W. Moore
fmoore@...
Mar 2, 1997 10:21 pm
784
... I will stand corrected, and I beg ignorance because I never even finished the only Vonnegut novel I ever attempted (Slapstick). Just didn't care for him. ...
Frank W. Moore
fmoore@...
Mar 2, 1997 10:23 pm
785
<<Probably why I became a Republican in a family of Democrats and (dare I say it) Communists.>> French saying: A person who isn't a socialist at 20 is a...
Spudboy100@...
Mar 2, 1997 10:53 pm
786
<<snip>> ... The only thing I've ever heard on that topic was back in '78 or '79. At a con somewhere, LN was allegedly asked if they had anyone in mind when...
Steve Ellis
lsd@...
Mar 3, 1997 3:57 am
787
A little _Inferno_ research (slow weekend) The stuff I remembered about the fellow with the "So It Goes" tomb was correct, but as Frank said, L Ron was in the...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
LoveAE1@...
Mar 3, 1997 12:46 pm
788
... Witness the popularity of Levi's Jeans in the streets of Moscow. And how many of you, U.S.-based or not, do NOT have the following things in your towns: ...
David Lambert
David_Lambert@...
Mar 3, 1997 4:00 pm
789
... For those who are interested, this is a quote from Dave Sim's excellent comic book "Cerebus." Another excellent comic book, and one that seems...
David Lambert
David_Lambert@...
Mar 3, 1997 4:00 pm
790
... kevin> ps: we do have some rather odd salesmen here in Austin kevin> though, if that's not being too redundant! :-o yes, especially the religious ones......
Colin Smiley
smiley@...
Mar 3, 1997 4:01 pm
791
... Thanks! At least I am not going insane faster than I expected :-) ... Frank W. Moore Auctoritas Software Voice: (916) 726-2025 Fax: (916) 726-4746 ...
Frank W. Moore
fmoore@...
Mar 3, 1997 6:06 pm
792
... I heard Niven say during a panel at a convention that He and JP are colaborating on a magic story, that involves, of all things, Jack and the Beanstalk....
Carol Phillips
redflame@...
Mar 3, 1997 7:50 pm
793
IIRC, Niven had postulated that the "Transfer booth" technology ahd destroyed all cultural barriers, making the world effectively a "Global Village." For other...
Wayne Haley
W.M.Haley@...
Mar 3, 1997 7:56 pm
794
... Well, I'm certainly not US based, but I've never heard of "Starbuck's Coffee". The only thing called "The Gap" I know of certainly isn't what you're...
Edwin A. Scribner
scribnee@...
Mar 3, 1997 10:33 pm
795
A while back somebody mentioned that Pratchett's STRATA is a satire of Ringworld. Well, I found this at the semi-official Terry Practhett site, ... The whole...
Itamar S.-T.
itamars@...
Mar 3, 1997 10:37 pm
796
... Well, we have the one, the only, the unique KOSHER McDonalds. And they said it couldn't be done! We don't have Starbucks, though. Sigh....
Itamar S.-T.
itamars@...
Mar 3, 1997 10:37 pm
797
... Didn't Winston Churchill say something like that: "A young man who is not a liberal has no heart, an old man who is not a conservative has no head." Or...
Frank W. Moore
fmoore@...
Mar 4, 1997 12:18 am
798
... Starbuck's Coffee? You know, I've been all over the U.S., most of England, and parts of Europe, and I've never heard of Starbuck's Coffee! Guess I lead a...
carrol l. fry
0100135@...
Mar 4, 1997 12:22 am
799
whether this is campus folklore or not, it is funny and we've broached the topic before of how some of the listmembers are not that happy with some of the...
saskxm@...
Mar 4, 1997 12:30 am
800
... Well, *I* can't walk 10 meters without hitting a Starbucks (McCoffee), but then again I live in Seattle. I remember going to California this summer I ...
'GrendelFish' Matthew...
gfish@...
Mar 4, 1997 1:19 am
801
So did anyone in the US catch our favorite author on The Learning Channel last night (3/3/97)? The show is called Science Frontiers, and they are doing a...
Colin Smiley
smiley@...
Mar 4, 1997 2:20 pm
802
... OH! Then it isn't too late to find someone with cable! ... He probably did. They probably cut it. They always cut out the interesting bits. I think...
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