Thanks, Deb, Rick and the others. I am actually very slowly coming out of a writer's block. From your answers to my typically Italian style provocation, I...
Dr Raffaele Cascone
csca06k1@...
May 1, 2001 8:33 am
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... I guess it's a multi-purpose joke: fill in the denomination of your choice! George ...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 1, 2001 8:46 am
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... It's an odd feeling: you look at these old magazines, and know that they're not reprints. Sixty years old and more, yet they're still in pretty good ...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 1, 2001 4:09 pm
3121
... There are a lot of avenues leading out from AEVV: Golden Age Sci-Fi; Psychology; General Semantics; Pop Culture; Systematic Writing; American and Canadian...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 1, 2001 4:27 pm
3122
... You wouldn't believe how competitive the coffee & donut market is in Canada. At home, I have five coffee shops within a three block radius; at work, the ...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 1, 2001 4:29 pm
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... Okay...well that gives me an opportunity to go completely off-topic then and share with you Philip K. Dick's impersonation of Mickey Spillane (I'm serious...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 1, 2001 5:02 pm
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... That would've been "The Secret Galactics" - AEVV's self-professed book on women. Actually, the brain wasn't in a box (like Simon Wright in the Captain ...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 1, 2001 5:36 pm
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... LOL! I'm not dissing Lou overall...I just like taking shots at anyone who demeans creativity: genuine creativity, that is, not all this spew we see ...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 1, 2001 10:49 pm
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... Has anybody read David Lindsay's "Voyage to Arcturus"? (1920) I read it a long, long time ago, but my memory of it categorizes it as being very van Vogtian...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 2, 2001 12:23 am
3127
... Goodness...how does one describe such a stink? The best I can say is that it is a mid-range mixture of sweat and fungus (i.e. athlete's foot), with ...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 2, 2001 12:28 am
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At this, our ... When Coca Cola first came out, people hated the taste (but loved the cocaine buzz, I guess - later switched to a caffeine buzz, instead). The...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 2, 2001 1:51 am
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In a message dated 5/1/2001 7:11:46 PM, george_w_gilbert@... writes: << I think Marx was wrong about religion being the opiate of the people! ... . . ....
cooflag@...
May 2, 2001 3:05 am
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George, Finally gave this some serious reading. Fascinating. I had no idea PKD was so weird. Do you think it was drugs? This was past the McCarthy Era....
Deb
debreed@...
May 2, 2001 3:47 am
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... You Betcha ... now the masses are another item altogether. j"el hombre lobo"b -- john barrick mailto:astroboy@... http://home.fuse.net/astroboy ...
john barrick
astroboy@...
May 2, 2001 4:10 am
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<<<<<I think the "technical" name for that is "Chinese secret"...but I'm not sure why. Ray Bradbury wrote a story based on that theme, where everyone is ...
Deb
debreed@...
May 2, 2001 4:56 am
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<<<<<No, I should say, I started to get really uncomfortable with it, not because of its portrayal of women, but of men. I mean, the idea of a disembodied male...
Deb
debreed@...
May 2, 2001 4:56 am
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George, Yes, you are a sick puppy. Deb...
Deb
debreed@...
May 2, 2001 4:56 am
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I messed with my account and may have screwed it up. Kind of like the gently sobbing child holding an empty sugar cone while a big scoop of ice cream melts on...
john barrick
astroboy@...
May 2, 2001 5:14 am
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can anyone read this? I don't feel connected. -- john barrick mailto:astroboy@... http://home.fuse.net/astroboy ...
john barrick
astroboy@...
May 2, 2001 6:31 am
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When I was in grade school, "piss bombs" were something else altogether. tsk tsk. Deb...
Deb
debreed@...
May 2, 2001 9:08 am
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... Any idea what part of Ohio?? If it's in the Cleveland vicinity I'll save up my quarters! Or is "Fantasy and Science Fiction" a little more than 35 cents ...
WHCG RadioMetter
whcg@...
May 2, 2001 9:37 am
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You are connected. The universe messed with me and rev can screwed up my account. Nothing is in my control. Deb...
Deb
debreed@...
May 2, 2001 9:39 am
3140
... Didn't he use a similar theme in "By His Bootstraps", as well? George _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 2, 2001 3:46 pm
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... There was also the attraction to "underage" females. In Door Into Summer, he simply went into suspended animation and waited for her to grow up. It seems...
john barrick
astroboy@...
May 2, 2001 9:39 pm
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... Van Vogt didn't adhere strictly to the John Gallishaw "Only Two Ways to Tell a Story" approach that he advocated down through the years. I say that, ...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 2, 2001 9:44 pm
3143
Has anyone noticed a recent change in delivery of posts? My stuff used to come through a minute or two after I'd send it, but as of last night, messages now...
john barrick
astroboy@...
May 2, 2001 10:06 pm
3144
Here's all the info I could find on the pulp magazine sale in Ohio. Obviously, it's a few months away, rather than "coming up soon", so start saving those...
George Gilbert
george_w_gilbert@...
May 2, 2001 11:57 pm
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joe946@...
May 3, 2001 12:00 am
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In a message dated 4/29/01 5:49:17 PM Central Daylight Time, george_w_gilbert@... writes: << What do sheep count when they want to get to sleep? >> ...
tawn3@...
May 3, 2001 3:43 am
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John, Periodically I have mailbox problems, as recently as a few days ago, sometimes they sort themselves out, sometimes, I have to phone a tech, then the...
