Hi, Some of you may be interested. jan ... From: "Denny Davis" <n3f_info@...> Subject: (FWD) N3F email Announcing The National Fantasy Fan Federation...
The Wombat
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May 1, 2002 5:50 pm
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Hi, This may be of interest to some of you. Ciao & teggeddizzi! May the Ghreat Wombat smile on you! jan <wombat@...> When the Information Superhighway...
The Wombat
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May 1, 2002 5:51 pm
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Coming soon – a new domain for Reading for the Future -- www.readingforfuture.com A round of applause to Bobbie DuFault and Lynda Williams for making it...
Hi, This sounds good. jan ... Coming soon - a new domain for Reading for the Future -- www.readingforfuture.com A round of applause to Bobbie DuFault and Lynda...
The Wombat
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May 5, 2002 4:47 pm
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We have access to a program called NOVELIST that indexes fiction. Under plot I typed dogs in space and got the following titles:The Sword by SM Stirling,The...
anita cole
d041173c@...
May 9, 2002 9:52 pm
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Forrest J. Ackerman, 86, is critically ill and not expected to recover. He is in a hospital, very lonely, and, if anyone in the L.A. area has some time, please...
I haven't yet spoken to Forry directly, but the mailing address for the hospital appears to actually be 4867 Sunset Blvd. And the phone number I was given is...
Greg Bear
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May 13, 2002 4:06 pm
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... Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:34:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Menolly <menolly@...> To: menolly@... Subject: Good News! (was - Re: [scifi]: Forry in hospital)...
... I went to visit Forry Sunday afternoon, at least partly in my capacity as LASFS Scribe, to drop off a card that had been signed by those attending the...
... I think I sent my card to the other number given, but hopefully it'll get there in the end. If anyone's in touch with Forrey please say hi from his friends...
Ciao & teggeddizzi! May the Ghreat Wombat smile on you! jan <wombat@...> When the Information Superhighway slows to a crawl or stops, you are ...
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May 14, 2002 4:47 pm
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It's being done at the University of Minnesota. Andy...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
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May 17, 2002 10:09 pm
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I recently met David Kestenbaum, a science reporter for National Public Radio (after a talk he gave about how science stories are presented to the public) and...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
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May 17, 2002 10:15 pm
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I've been meaning to say how much I like the idea of an SF badge for Girl Scouts. There are plenty of short stories that would be appropriate for the age...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
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May 17, 2002 10:49 pm
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Wow, neat article, Andy! ;) Unfortunately, I'm going to miss BaltiCon again. I wasn't able to convince my mom that we should go after (or even instead of!)...
Wonderful article about Andrew Love! Also, reminder that I have a girl Scout so we'd be happy to give a trial run on the SF-oriented badge. Finally, Tom Easton...
d.brin
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May 18, 2002 1:38 am
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This seems to be a do-able project for RFF. Pick a couple or three age appropriate short stories for each age group. Contact the authors for permission to use...
Hi, I'll give it another go. If anyone wishes to check out my outline on SF, let me know. One person did, but their email bounced. :-) Ciao & teggeddizzi!...
The Wombat
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May 19, 2002 12:55 am
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The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Science Fiction written for children http://www.goldenduck.org/ consist of three cash awards given annually in the...
Just so y'all know I'm still planning on pursuing this, but have been rather ill of late, and have had to put on hold "non-urgent" projects. However, I have...
You know... of all the middle grades/young adult books that are on the list, the only one I've seen any of my students reading is Among the Imposters. I did...
Magi -- Hal Clement Award for Young Adults: Artemeus Fowl by Eoin Colfer was hyped as the British alternate to Harry Potter Among the Imposters by Margaret...
None of the kids that I've talked to have liked Artemeus Fowl. They said that its almost like Potter, but not quite, and its not good. They have really...
Hi, You might try books by Diana Wynn Jones. jan ... Time ... the...
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May 22, 2002 7:11 pm
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Hi, Anyone care to send some ideas to Matthew? Ciao & teggeddizzi! May the Ghreat Wombat smile on you! jan <wombat@...> When the Information...
The Wombat
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May 22, 2002 7:14 pm
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"Collosus: the Forbin Project", "The Island of Dr Moreau", "Jurassic Park", many others. Larry ... ...
Larry Lewis
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May 23, 2002 5:13 pm
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Hi, Maybe someone can help Darren. Ciao & teggeddizzi! May the Ghreat Wombat smile on you! jan <wombat@...> When the Information Superhighway slows to a...
The Wombat
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May 24, 2002 7:38 pm
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The protangonist in Damon Knight's "I See You" spent some effort avoiding getting haunted by his invention; Asimov's protangonist in the similar "Dead Past"...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
Andrew.Love@...
May 24, 2002 9:56 pm
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Technologies that 'haunt' the inventor? Throw a stone in any random direction and you'll hit such stories! It's one of the classic themes of literature, the...
d.brin
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May 25, 2002 6:19 pm
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The idea that SF writers would make good consultants on various issues outside the "normal" range isn't original of course (see Footfall by Niven and...
