At 9:46 AM -0700 6/1/01, Greg Broiles wrote:
>At 06:40 AM 6/1/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>Real-To: "Roy M. Silvernail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>Just got this from Amazon:
>> > We have recently learned that the official release date for the book
>> > "True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier" has been
>> > postponed indefinitely. We will ship the item to you as soon as
>> > copies are available, but unfortunately, it is currently unknown when
>> > our suppliers may expect to fill our orders.
>> >
>> > We are very sorry for the disappointment.
>>
>>What happened to this project? I know I'm not the only one who was
>>looking forward to the new release (if only because my original copy is
>>getting pretty tattered). "Disappointment" doesn't quite cover...
>
>It's now listed as a paperback to be released in December 2001 -
>
><ttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312862075>
>
I heard August of this year, as the Nth version of the release date
('97, '98, etc.), but who knows?
I don't even know if the article the editor got me to submit will be
included. I wrote the thing several years ago, either the beginning
of '96 or the beginning of '97. (And it was a rush job, as I was told
the article had to be done in 10 days, to meet the deadline!)
The intent was to wrap the Vinge novella with a dozen or so related
articles. While the Vinge novella will not appear to be dated, the
articles likely will. The time they were solicited was at the
beginning of the take-off of the Web, so I expect a lot of them will
look archaic. Too bad.
But, like I said, I have no idea whether my article made the final
cut. I've heard nothing whatsoever from the editor in at least a few
years.
--Tim May
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Timothy C. May [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corralitos, California
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