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Re: Girl Genius: Good News

rober...@drizzle.com (Robert A. Woodward) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:12:52 UT

In article <KAo43p.2...@kithrup.com>,
I wonder who is playing the evil stepmother.

Re: Girl Genius (GG) 2008-11-19

kai.ext...@googlemail.com (Kai Henningsen) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:09:03 UT

Am Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:09:23 -0900
schrieb pl...@newsreaders.com (J Moreno):
I'm pretty certain that she associates the voice thing with
*Lucrezia* ... because she pretty much said so.
And from her behaviour, I'd say that her fundamental loyalty is to
Lucrezia, and she's out for Agatha's hide for the crime of

Re: Girl Genius 2008-11-19

kai.ext...@googlemail.com (Kai Henningsen) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:45:07 UT

Am 20 Nov 2008 03:11:10 GMT
schrieb "John F. Eldredge" <j...@jfeldredge.com>:
Except that when the nearsightedness gets bad enough, the problematic
short-distance range pretty much vanishes.
Of course, the same effect also affects the far-distance range, and
*that* I certainly notice.
I don't want bifocals. Most of the time, I either need the distance to

Re: Does "Farmer in the Sky" break your suspension of disbelief?

rober...@drizzle.com (Robert A. Woodward) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:43:48 UT

In article
<e6c6d1d3-78ff-4c5a-a4dc-a79e5 d931...@k36g2000pri.googlegrou ps.com>
,
It isn't about ecology; but I have heard that Julian May's "Dune
Roller" (Dec 1951 issue of _Astounding SF_) is the first SF story
with an ecologist as a character (protagonist in fact).

Re: Moon Kaboom (was Re: YASID: Short life for humans on Earth)

thro...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:12:14 UT

re: A Girl and Her Fed
"My name is Dr. Henry Killinger.
And this is my Magic Murder Bag."
--- Venture Brothers
( wherein, Killinger is a member of the
Guild of Calamitous Intent )
[link]
Wayne Throop thro...@sheol.org [link]

Re: Buck Godot (was Re: Girl Genius 2008-11-19 ...)

rober...@drizzle.com (Robert A. Woodward) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:59:09 UT

In article
<i2jbi453jric2g6shq5r6775jt1tk 1d...@newsposting.sessile.org> ,
That's odd. My copies of _BG: Zap Gun for Hire_ & _BG: Psimith_
(both published by Starblaze many eons ago) are in color. Is there
a legal issue that prevents reprints in color?

Re: United States of America:

philosphe...@yahoo.com (Rebecca Rice) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:41:35 UT

I was amused when I went to Texas A&M, where one of the
check-boxes was "Hispanic Surname". As far as I could tell,
it was the only racial group that you could marry into. (I
believe the category was phrased that way after a bru-ha-ha
about whether Mexican-Americans (legal and non) and people

Re: Buck Godot (was Re: Girl Genius 2008-11-19 ...)

l...@sff.net (Lawrence Watt-Evans) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:41:01 UT

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:29:53 -0500, Lawrence Watt-Evans <l...@sff.net>
wrote:
I should probably mention that if I find a publisher, _Vika's Avenger_
will almost certainly appear under a different byline, not Lawrence
Watt-Evans.

Re: Buck Godot (was Re: Girl Genius 2008-11-19 ...)

l...@sff.net (Lawrence Watt-Evans) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:29:53 UT

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:08:15 -0600, Konrad Gaertner
Science-fantasy. A science-fantasy detective story set twelve
thousand years in the future, to be precise.
I'm planning to launch the serial of _Realms of Light_ (the _Nightside
City_ sequel) this coming Wednesday.

Re: Girl Genius: Good News

wmgfr...@newsguy.com (William George Ferguson) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:26:03 UT

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:09:40 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsav...@ecn.ab.ca>
wrote:
Of course, Othar is in it :)

Re: Does "Farmer in the Sky" break your suspension of disbelief?

philosphe...@yahoo.com (Rebecca Rice) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:24:26 UT

I'm going to go out on a limb here and mildly support John's
position on this. I'm single, female, and 41. And, to me,
the problem with dating once you are out of college is
two-fold: the number of potential datees seriously goes
down as people get married/shack up, and the amount of _free
time_ you have to meet people goes down as well. Which I

Re: Does "Farmer in the Sky" break your suspension of disbelief?

l...@sff.net (Lawrence Watt-Evans) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:17:20 UT

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:57:07 GMT, thro...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop)
wrote:
How rare is "tolerably"? I married my high school sweetheart.
I know I'm in a minority, but I don't know how small a one.

Re: Does "Farmer in the Sky" break your suspension of disbelief?

fairwa...@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:13:11 UT

That and the (relatively) high demand on limited production facilities
and skilled workers from the USN. Even today I'd bet they constitute
the vast bulk of the demand.
D.

Re: Does "Farmer in the Sky" break your suspension of disbelief?

fairwa...@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:09:25 UT

Or gaming groups for us geeks, I dated the sister of a friend in my
gaming group briefly. I also dated the cousin of a member of our
Rocky Horror cast (met him for lunch one day and went back to his
place after to hang out). Or the SCA, or any other group where people
of both sexes hang out.
I actually met my wife via a girl who was a friend (former neighbor)

Re: Buck Godot discussion

d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:47:14 UT

Apparently the "preview pages" that non-subscribers get to see are 1/3 the
size of the actual pages. So that you can -see- what's happening, but not
actually -read- any of it without a great deal of eyestrain and effort. Feh.
Dave