Yeah, I know. No one told me about it until about 2 days before I moved
back south. :-( I /will/ go there, you can count on it.
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:36 AM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fictio n Cl
: ic h� s
:
:
: OH!!!! Ben, you said you're moving to the Twin Cities, right? If so, you
: _absolutely_ must go to Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore.
: http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/
:
: The place is a dump, but their selection is amazing. And they've got
: loads of used books. I used to feed my fix there regularly. Heck, I even
: managed to find used, perfect condition copies of first edition, signed
: William Gibson books there once!
:
: -Kevin
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:04 AM
: > To: CF-Community
: > Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce
: > Fictio n Cl ic h� s
: >
: >
: > There's a bookstore in Lexington (jo-beth, if you're
: > interested) which carries all three pretty regularly.
: > There's a branch in Cinci and another somewhere else which, I
: > suppose, both carry them.
: >
: > I love that store.
: >
: >
: > -- Ben Doom
: > Programmer & General Lackey
: > Moonbow Software, Inc
: >
: > : -----Original Message-----
: > : From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > : Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:27 AM
: > : To: CF-Community
: > : Subject: Re: RE: RE: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie
: > nce Fiction Cl
: > : ic h� s
: > :
: > :
: > : I find it hard to find, short of actually subscribing (tho
: > I used to and
: > : might again). Found a newstand that sells it now though. I
: > got tired of it
: > : at one point as it seemed it was being deliberately esoteric,
: > : stories about
: > : the mating rituals of sentient gases and the like :P
: > :
: > : Dana
: > :
: > : Ben Doom writes:
: > :
: > : > Yeah, I've read both. I really don't read either anymore,
: > : though. I also
: > : > read F&SF. I liked the A books, but not F&SF.
: > : >
: > : >
: > : > -- Ben Doom
: > : > Programmer & General Lackey
: > : > Moonbow Software, Inc
: > : >
: > : > : -----Original Message-----
: > : > : From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > : > : Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:19 AM
: > : > : To: CF-Community
: > : > : Subject: Re: RE: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce
: > : Fiction Clic h�
: > : > : s
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : > : No, that was a novel and it's been out a while. A lot of her
: > : other fantasy
: > : > : is wizard/magic stuff (A Wizard of Earthsea for example).
: > : Asimov's is a
: > : > : good magazine, do you ever read Analog?
: > : > :
: > : > : Dana
: > : > :
: > : > : Ben Doom writes:
: > : > :
: > : > : > No, wrong work, but it might be the right author. I do
: > : seem to remember
: > : > : > that the author was a woman. These were published in Asimov's
: > : > : SF magazine
: > : > : > in the last, oh, 5 years or so.
: > : > : >
: > : > : >
: > : > : > -- Ben Doom
: > : > : > Programmer & General Lackey
: > : > : > Moonbow Software, Inc
: > : > : >
: > : > : > : -----Original Message-----
: > : > : > : From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > : > : > : Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:28 PM
: > : > : > : To: CF-Community
: > : > : > : Subject: Re: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce
: > : Fiction Clich� s
: > : > : > :
: > : > : > :
: > : > : > : Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin? Been a while.
: > : > : > :
: > : > : > : > There are also stories which are reflections, or
: > reversals of
: > : > : > : cultures we
: > : > : > : > are familiar with. Someone (I can't remember who offhand)
: > : > : > : wrote a series of
: > : > : > : > really great stories about an alien race (with
: > footnotes to
: > : > : explain the
: > : > : > : > translation -- how cute) where homosexuality is
: > the norm, and
: > : > : > : being hetero
: > : > : > : > is a social nono. Really good stuff.
: > : > : > :
: > : > : >
: > : > :
: > : >
: > :
: >
:
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