OT: Sci-fi (was RE: Ultra-portable terminals)

[Brian K. White]

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From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra at baylink.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Sci-fi (was RE: Ultra-portable terminals)


> On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 09:34:26AM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>> It's bad enough to have a woman (and a black woman at that) as a
>> bridge officer, but did they have to have that Russian guy, too?
>
> "They combined their token woman and their token black...
>     and then made her a telephone operator!"
>
> (Spider Robinson, I think.)

My hero and friend sorta, once removed.

In fact, my friend who lives near Spider and is long time friends with 
Spider & Jeane, appears as a character in his latest book.
The character is nothing like him, just carries his name.
I think it's not out yet, he read a chapter at ConCarolinas a month or so 
ago and I didn't catch it's title.

When I told them I was grabbing a 2nd copy of his CD because the ink from 
signing the first copy has etched the through the aluminum film, they forced 
a new copy on me free. I told them I was the one who supplied the pen it's 
no ones fault and I like to support my favorite 
authors/musicians/artists/etc but they wouldn't hear it.

I also just finished listening to Very Bad Deaths a few weeks ago read by 
himself.
Not sure how to rate it. I liked it but I'm unapologetically biased (heck, 
whois callahans.org) and even I can see some reasons others might not think 
it was too amazing.

Brian K. White  --  brian at aljex.com  --  http://www.aljex.com/bkw/
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