Hi. David Brin here. Cheryl & I will not be going to Glasgow for worldcon this August. Anyone want to buy our memberships? Half current price. Thrive all. ...
This is cute http://web.mit.edu/adorai/timetraveler/ <http://catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=131>Technically, you would only need one time traveler convention....
I was there. It was/is/will be a fun con! :-) ... From: Al Mac To: rff@yahoogroups.com ; n3f@yahoogroups.com Cc: royalswissnavy@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
jan finder
the.wombat@...
May 4, 2005 6:21 pm
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Re the time traveller convention at: http://web.mit.edu/adorai/timetraveler/ I find this event worrisome. Organizers made no provision for limiting attendance!...
David Brin
dbrin@...
May 4, 2005 7:56 pm
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Does anyone remember in the mid-80s a similar notion being discussed - I seem to recall Omni magazine planning a time-travelers party back then (Harmonic...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
Andrew.Love@...
May 4, 2005 8:12 pm
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Hello, After many years of frustrations and rejections, I have been found acceptable and permitted to join the Science Fiction Writers of America professional...
I'm not sure if this has already been posted or not. Here are two PDF files discussing science fictional concepts in economic theory. The author, Robin...
makes me think of that new tv show Numbers. ... From: rff@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rff@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Michael Kingsley Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
May 10, 2005 1:34 pm
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Is this another made up story like the kid in Kentucky who was organizing a skin head military take over of his school, then told the media that his writings...
I tend to believe the accounts saying the kid went off when the teacher enforced the school rule (which the student knew about and broke anyway). It apparently...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
May 10, 2005 3:15 pm
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I apologize if I sent this out before. I had to get my travel eddress okayed for the list. I don't remember if I sent this out after getting the ok! ... ...
jan finder
the.wombat@...
May 10, 2005 4:21 pm
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Hi, I'd like to alert y'all to the proposed trip to New Zealand at the end of this year. I've attached the info I've received from Janet Coyle on the trip. I...
jan finder
the.wombat@...
May 13, 2005 9:44 pm
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DUCKON 14 I WAS A TEENAGE DUCKON! ~~~ Literary Guest of Honor --- Julie Czerneda ~~~ ~~~ Artist Guest of Honor --- Maria J. William ~~~ ~~~ Mad Scientist...
Folks -- RFFUtah has borrowed a page from LTUE's book and placed donated items out on Ebay for auction. Listings will be added to daily through the end of May,...
Hello, Mars Dust has place another of my articles on their website (nice of them). It's about the secret government base called Area 51 in Nevada. The military...
Former brineller Stefan Jones sent this about seeing the new SITH flick: -- My manager surprised everyone on the development team with free tickets to...
d.brin
dbrin@...
May 19, 2005 9:54 pm
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"d.brin" <dbrin@...> wrote, ... Chicken! Wuss! Brin can't take it! Maybe you can work your way up by watching "The Blob" or, better, "Green Slime"...
I just found out that Pat York, teacher and SF writer died in a car crash last night. She was 57. She was an active participant in this list in its early days,...
David DeGraff
degraff@...
May 23, 2005 4:00 am
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Dear Employee: As a result of the reduction of money budgeted for department areas, we are forced to cut down on our number of personnel. Under this plan,...
... GL subsidizes/patronizes 10% of the great artists of our age. Like the Medicis. And similar in other ways....
David Brin
dbrin@...
May 26, 2005 2:52 pm
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G'day, Anyone know of any stories of any length involving space elevators? Thanx! Ciao & teggeddizzi! May the Ghreat Wombat smile on you! I am off to wander...
jan finder
the.wombat@...
May 31, 2005 12:23 am
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There are some in Friday by Heinlein, and of course, there is Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" which is the sequel to Charlie & The...
The best reason against them is in Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars when it's destroyed in the war, and the falling cable wraps around the planet more than...
David DeGraff
degraff@...
May 31, 2005 2:52 am
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I THINK M. Shayne Bell's story, "Jacob's Ladder" was about a space elevator. It is one of the winners of "Writers of the Future," published in 1987. Charlie...
Jan wrote, ... Robinson's Mars series, where the crashing cable creates an equatorial crater, assumes a substantial cable. The people at spaceelevator.com are ...
