RE: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraqofcountera ttack
John wrote: I suppose that is true. I remember taking those standardized tests as a kid and always being amazed when the teacher would say, if your name doesn't fit in the blanks. Huh? It always seemed like the number of spaces for the last name went half way across the page! And I was always done filling in those stupid little circles (with a number 2 pencil) way before everyone else. Hey, I loved those multiple choice exam answer sheets! The only thing that would have enough space for my name! You would be amazed how many people can mishear a simple name like Horn. I get Horan, Doran, Warren, Smith... (OK, maybe not that last one...) I'm reminded of a evening out drinking with some friends. A group of us who were there until last orders made our way drunkenly to the tube station, and one friend kept trying to pronounce my surname. My attempts to correct him went unheard as he was adamant that what he was saying sounded exactly the same as what I had been saying. His girlfriend and a third guy friend spent the entire time pissing themselves laughing, especially when I tried to get someone to back me up when I wearily said for the umpteenth time that he was murdering my surname and sounded *nothing* like me. Argh. :( Lal GSV He Of Course Remembered Nothing Of This A Week Later --- The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and solely for the intended addressee(s). Unauthorised reproduction, disclosure, modification, and/or distribution of this email may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. The views expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect those of LIFFE Holdings Plc or any of its subsidiary companies. --- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
Alberto wrote: So? You can't have Kamikazes without a religious component, because they were not dying to save Japan, they were dying for their honour. And what did religion have to do with honour? Men who refused to become kamikazes would disgrace their families, and so many died to protect their family's honour, not their own. This could be completely wrong, but I'm still not convinced that religion had anything to do with it. Plus I've read somewhere that the Japanese didn't refer to those pilots as the Divine Wind but by some other term. Lal GSV Must Read More About Japan's Role In WW2 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Alberto, give it a rest please!
Am I the only one who is getting sick of these Blah blah blah is evil. Enough is enough. Thank you. Lal GSV And Don't Get Me Started On The Resident Brin-L Mail-Bomber ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Starship Trooper
Steve wrote: Definitely. I wonder why cartoons made as follow-ups to movies are often so much better than the movie itself. The same is also true of the various recent Batman animated series. That's not fair. The Batman animated series took its cue from the first two films (I deny the existence of the latter two films). Admittedly, this is down to the visuals, and credit to the writers of the cartoon for making it as good as it was, but it does something different to the films. Both the films and the animated are excellent in different ways, and really that is the way it should be. Using one medium to make an exact copy of another is a pointless exercise, and is one reason why the films of Harry Potter are good, but not great. Lal GSV Some Point In There Somewhere ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Kil'n People
After finally getting around to buying a Brin book (Kil'n People, which I picked because it looked intriguing and it was signed too!), I even managed to read it in the same month I bought it, which is more impressive when one considers that I have two hundred unread books that have been bought over the last couple of years. The short version: I liked it! The long version: It was unpredictable, as should be the case with a thriller, but also did not rely so much on contrived situations to drive the plot. Everything that happened had sufficient reasoning behind it to justify the flow of events as was laid out [a counter-example would be Alastair Reynolds's Chasm City, a very good book (his best IMHO) but one that is led down by the number of happy coincidences and blatantly contrived episodes within]. The tension mounts up almost unbearably and I was forced to sit in a Borders cafe to finish off the last couple of hundred pages when I should have been on my way to a party. The myths and history of golems was very interesting to read, and Brin's speculations also made me think. Aside from the overuse of puns using the words 'dit', 'clay' and 'kil'n' (Kil'n Street Blues for crying out loud!), it was well written all the way through. The best scene has to be the one in the desert between ditRitu and ditAlbert. Banging pots indeed! So, can Brin-L recommend some more Brin for me? ;) Lal GSV Newly Converted Fan ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)
Erik wrote: working towards it). That thing is money = revenue = sales. Everything is fungible to an economist or a finance guy. So, to first order, I Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?! Lal GSV Confused ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)
Jon wrote: Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?! Interchangeable. Is it easier for you to post a question like that rather than surf to something like http://dictionary.com/ and find the answer? Well, he might not know about it? Lal, you can also try www.m-w.com for English Disctionary and Thesaurus access. Embarassingly enough, I knew about both of those already, but the word looked made up. Silly me for such a strange assumption. Lal GSV I Blame The Culture List ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'
Adam said: So I think you're more than likely OK in London. Unless those pesky Danes start acting up... Despite finding Andy C's post hilarious for some strange reason (Dude, Iraq can missile London! Kewl!), I'm quite relieved to hear that isn't the case. Lal GSV Catching up: 1246 emails to go! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'
Andy C wrote: I believe my friends in the IDF. Your choice to believe otherwise. True, and BBC News Online has been known for cock-ups though usually of the grammatical variety. Then again, with the IRA still lurking in the background and psycho nail bombers cropping up, I think I'll pass on thinking about missile attacks from Iraq for now. :) Lal GSV Peace of Mind (Or 'Piece' Depending On Your Viewpoint) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Scouted: Rice cakes kill six in Japan
William T said: Go rent a copy of Tampopo. Good movie. Seconded. Rather weird sections with that Yakuza guy, but it's a cool film. Lal GSV The Perfect Ramen Is Made With Chicken Stock Not Fish Stock ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request
Rob wrote: Radix by A.A. Attanasio Hah! Fellow Attanasio fans do exist! What other books of his have you read? I've only managed _The Last Legends of Earth_ and _Centuries_ so far but I just got _Radix_, and I have the Octoberland books and some of the Arthur books too (in fact, any idea what's going on there? He wrote three books originally, then seems to have written a couple more books that follow on from _The Dragon and the Unicorn_ and ignore _Arthor_ and _The Perilous Order_) Lal GSV Confuserated ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request
Rich wrote: If you were sending books to a 25-year-old young man who's into punk, skateboarding and such, who tends to always want to be very cool... what science fiction would you recommend? I'd suggest Neal Stephenson's _Snow Crash_, Sterling's _Holy Fire_, Gibson's _Idoru_ and Reynolds' _Chasm City_. S'bit of a late reply but my computer has well and truly given up on me. My webmail has been complaining a lot (about 6 weeks worth of Culture, Brin-L, MML mails = 7000 emails or so) and will undoubtedly die completely if I don't remove the mails from my server so I'm downloading them to my Dad's computer. As for mine, my Dad replaced the memory, power supply and motherboard to no avail. Since I have XP on there, replacing the processor or harddrive is going to cause additional grief but neither of us can work out why it keeps on crashing. Anyway. I'd second Rich's recommendations of _Snow Crash_ and _Chasm City_ and would add Michael Marshall Smith's _Only Forward_ to the list. Lal GSV 5000 Brin-L mails to go... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question about Spoilers
Julia wrote: So, that means that _Kiln People_ really ought to have spoiler space for awhile yet, and _Startide Rising_ really, really ought not need it, IMO. Hey, I haven't read any of the Uplift series yet! Spoiler space is necessary if it's not clear from the subject that you are discussing key points about a particular book. On another note, I can say that I am no longer a Brin virgin as I read _Kiln People_ (that apostrophe in the UK edition is just annoying) a couple of months ago. Ritu recommended _Earth_ as her favourite Brin book so I'm more likely to read that before I head into the Uplift War books. That, and the fact that I have a huge number of unread books that has become a running joke on the Culture List, means that the Uplift War will have to wait a little while longer but I'd still be interested in reading about it. Which probably doesn't make sense. I need more tea. Lal GSV On The Lal Pile ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Book Suggestions: The Best of Current SciFi?
Jose wrote: I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days. I'd like to stock up on SciFi books. What's new and worthy out there? Two excellent books that I read last year were _Perdido Street Station_ by China Mieville and _Heroes Die_ by Matthew Woodring Stover. _Perdido Street Station_ is a steampunk fantasy (a term coined by John Clute) and has a brilliantly imagined setting in the city of New Crobuzon. My review of it is below. If you want the short version, a member of the Culture List summed it up with the following: Book. China Miéville. Epic grimy creature-filled steampunk fantasy/horror novel. Fabulous. _Heroes Die_ is an excellent SF fantasy that takes genre conventions and takes extreme pleasure in twisting them around so much you have no idea what's going on. One point that Stover makes in the book is that sorting everything into good and evil is far too simplistic for the complexities of human life. So all of his characters do good and bad things and the result is a mix of grey people who are truly human. There's much more I could say about it but it'd give away a lot of stuff that is far more fun to find out through reading it - the first chapter in particular will throw you for sure. One of the best fantasy books I've read for a long time. --- For a second novel, Perdido Street Station has garnered some impressive accolades - rave reviews in the mainstream press and the 2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction. As a result of this acclaim, so many superlatives have been thrown at the novel that it is hard to describe its tour de force of imagination without sounding like a reiteration of a previous review. Perdido Street Station has been labelled fantasy but it is one of those novels that stubbornly resists such simple categorisation. Elements of science fiction and horror are blended together with the gothic monstrosity of Gormenghast and the steam-driven technology of The Difference Engine to form a multi-layered, yet cohesive, whole. Set in the metropolis of New Crobuzon, the opening reveals a melting pot of otherworldly races, magic, science, social unrest and corruption before veering off into darker territories, narrowly missing a collision with full-on B-movie horror. As the city becomes embroiled in a crisis that affects all of its inhabitants, the novel builds up to a climax that will change New Crobuzon forever. Closer examination of the plot will reveal that it isn't actually that outstanding. It twists, it turns, it thrills but it is fairly predictable and it is unoriginal. Fortunately this can be disregarded in the face of two points - the characters and, in particular, the intricate description of the city itself. New Crobuzon is realised in such grimy and vile detail that it becomes a living, breathing character, one so full of history and stories that Miéville is forced to leave much unsaid within the 880 pages of the novel. That is not to say that he doesn't cram a lot in but one senses that there is more waiting to be told within the land of Bas-Lag. The only real criticism I can level at the book is that part of the finale is achieved with a deus ex machina. Although not quite on the same level as Peter F Hamilton's appalling ending to the Night's Dawn trilogy, it is just a tad irritating that an author can spend so much time thinking through a plot and building up the story for 99% of a novel to then throw it all away by relying on a blatantly half-arsed plot-device. I could whine some more but I won't because it is only a minor glitch in a book that is packed with so much imagination and inventiveness that I was left feeling overwhelmed by the end and desperate for more. In short, read this book. Now. --- Lal GSV Late Reply ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question about Spoilers
Jeffrey wrote: :) I'm currently knee-deep in the Black Company series.. pulpy, gratuitous, but for some reason, I can't stop reading 'em.. On a vaguely related note, has anyone here read Kage Baker's Company novels (_In the Garden of Iden_, _Sky Coyote_ and _Mendoza in Hollywood_)? I have books one and three and I really like the premise of immortal agents collecting goodies for their benefactors in the 24th century. However, rumours abound that she has written seven of these books and might just be doing a Jordan with the main story arc. However, given that the setup she has created means that she can set a book in *any* period between the age of the Neanderthals and the 24th Century, she has a *lot* of room in which to work. Lal GSV Seeking further knowledge ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question about Spoilers
Jon wrote: I estimate that I'll have the first chapter analysis post of Earth done around April 15 and will plan on posting them every 4-6 weeks subsequently. That's subject to change if the project is more daunting than I think it will be. Ah, cool. I'd like to read that. I take this means I'll have to go and read the damn thing now. Crap. I have to buy it first. I really should buy less books. I found a forum discussing the works of Stephen Donaldson and there was a really good chapter-by-chapter analysis of the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Well, they're only on the first book _Lord Foul's Bane_ but it's been an interesting read. :) Of course, I first have to figure out what constitutes a chapter, since they're not labelled as such. *sigh* D'oh! What kind of tea? PG Tips, so Sri Lankan probably. Lal GSV Assam tea ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question about Spoilers
Jeffrey wrote: How was it? I've been avoiding Brin lately (gasp!) as the last 2 I read, Sundiver and Practice Effect, I found to be.. well, not my favorite books ever. Not bad, per se, just not so great. Hearing what little I have about KP, I'm worried its an Saturday Night Live book - takes a neat premise and goes too far with it. I enjoyed it. It was a lively thriller with good characters and a decent story. The multiple viewpoints were well done, especially the way in the way they all exhibit the same tendencies at first (since all but one are clones/dittos of the main character) and voice the same thoughts, but then start to develop more individual characteristics as time goes by. The end is, um, a little heavy but I didn't suffer too badly. I know some people were rather disgusted by the last third. YMMV. Lal GSV New Brin Fan ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question about Spoilers
Rob wrote: Where is this Lal? I'd like to brush up on my Covenant since a third trilogy might be in the offing. http://kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/index.php Have fun. Most people have chosen names of characters from the two trilogies. See if you can find me. ;) Lal GSV It's not hard ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question about Spoilers
George wrote: The first Covenant trilogy in one word:Depressing. The second trilogy in more than one word:Even more depressing. I wouldn't deny that these books are downbeat in nature, but to sum them up as depressing is to do them a great disservice. I liked all six books the first time I read them, and having re-read them all recently (well, not _White Gold Wielder_ but that's because I misplaced my copy), I have developed a far greater appreciation for the complexities of the story and the superb characters Donaldson created. The Covenant books rock. Lal GSV One of those weird people who likes Covenant *and* the Gap series (we are few in number) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Question about Spoilers
George wrote: I know scholarly works must show an extensive vocabulary, but SF and/or Fantasy novels don't. I don't agree. Why should genre determine the vocabulary used within a novel? Of course, all this is a matter of personal taste and as for Covenant, didn't like the taste. Don't ask why I read all 6 books. Okay, I'll tell you . . . I finish what I start. I figured the next book would have to get better--they didn't. Just out of interest, how old were you when you read these books? Lal GSV Determining Factors ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Thomas Covenant (was RE: Question about Spoilers)
George wrote: Lalith Vipulananthan asked: Just out of interest, how old were you when you read these books? In my early 30s. Thus shooting a hole in one theory I'd developed with Ritu that age is a determining factor in one's enjoyment of the Covenant books. Most of the people I know who hated them read them before they were 18. I think I need to do some more rigourous research. So, language and the main character put you off. What about the story itself, the supporting characters, the description of the Land and its history and the fundamental question of ethics? Lal GSV Curious ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Thomas Covenant (was RE: Question about Spoilers)
Deborah wrote: jumping in I was ~25 when I read the first book, which I only finished because a good friend had highly recommended it. I nearly tossed it after the rape-and-then-she-falls-in-love scenario, as that is so far from real life that I couldn't stand it. You did only read the first book, _Lord Foul's Bane_, right? I'm just wondering because the '...-and-then-she-falls-in-love' scenario is only suggested mid-way through _The Illearth War_ and explicit in _The Power that Preserves_. I found nothing to like in the main character (I admit I haven't read the book in nearly 2 decades, so _maybe_ I'd find something that could overcome that initial disgust - but I doubt it). At the risk of blundering into this subject like an idiot, what objections did you have to that scene? Was it gratuitous, overly descriptive, unnecessary etc? What else didn't you like about the book other than Covenant's character? Did you dislike the other characters as well, like Saltheart Foamfollower and Lord Mhoram? Debbi who heard that in later books the author killed off the horses... :P Uh, yes. That is true. Donaldson does do an excellent job of portraying the horses, the Ranyhyn, as complex creatures. They are seen to be majestic, proud and magnificent, as well as manipulative, which is partly to blame for the dire situation in which they find themselves by the third book. Lal GSV Ramen ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Thomas Covenant (was RE: Question about Spoilers)
John Horn wrote: From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The first Covenant trilogy in one word:Depressing. great Agreed. The second trilogy in more than one word:Even more depressing. awful Wah. Why did you find it awful? Did you also think that _The One Tree_ was almost entirely redundant? This seems to be turning into a long series of questions to find out why people dislike the Covenant books. After that, perhaps I'll start on the Gap series. Lal GSV Or Maybe not ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Thomas Covenant (was RE: Question about Spoilers)
Debbi wrote: Hmm, well it *was* a long time ago...I'm not sure if I learned that through conversation -- I really don't recognize the other characters you named below (like the one name, though!) -- it's entirely possible that my friend discussed further storyline(s) in an effort to convince me to read them. Um, he/she may have gone the wrong way about it! instead the reader is asked to accept that a violent, brutal act is the first impulse of a hero. :P Well, this forms part of the fundamental reason why the first Covenant trilogy strays from the majority of fantasy and also why I like it so much: the fact that Covenant does *not* act like a hero. He refuses to believe that the Land is real, he refuses to act decisively on a number of occasions, he refuses to kill even to save himself, and he continuely insists that nothing he does matters *because* it's not real. Donaldson describes this at the start of _Lord Foul's Bane_ as 'the fundamental question of ethics'. Is the man who refuses to save something he believes is a dream, a coward, or a hero? The key events of the trilogy all center around this one despicable act that Covenant carries out, and no one can really forsee the consequences that result, least of all him. Sorry, no recall of more of the plot, and I must not have cared much for any of the other characters, or I'd remember something of what they did. Well, I liked the characters a lot when I first read the books, but that was only 6 years ago and I had forgotten everything bar the basic plot until I reread them recently. To be honest, the supporting characters only come into their own in the second book (Lord Mhoram for example) and Saltheart Foamfollower in the third (though he is cool in the first book as well). Sort of like Tolkien's elves, eh? :) Actually, horses *are* somewhat manipulative - part of being social creatures; the other characteristics you listed are of course also true. ;D You don't find out about the manipulative stuff until the second book. ;) I love these books and would recommend that you try them again. However, if you were that badly put off by the rape scene first time round, do you think the intervening years will make any difference to that reaction? Lal GSV Stone and Sea! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: PC-Vgames and Eye Problems: Help!
JJ wrote: (Aside: There are some extremely cool games coming out for the PS2. It seems the gas is running low for the XBOX and PC game developers... ). Pah. Panzer Dragoon Orta, um, Splinter Cell, and that's about it. We'll have to wait a little while longer before we see Halo 2, PGR 2 and Soul Calibur 2. Lal GSV Mitsurugi ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: France's influence
Andrew Crystall wrote: The UK public and leadership are in favour. The UK public are in favour? What is that statement based on? Lal GSV Curious ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Science Fiction In General
Ronn! wrote: I wish Gerrold would work on a completed series . . . *lol* Tell me about it. I started reading this series in 1990, around the time that _A Season For Slaughter_ came out. 13 years later, and Gerrold is still alive from all accounts. I think he wrote the three Dingiliad books to get himself a contract, so that he'd be able to publish _A Method For Madness_. When he finishes it that is. Lal GSV Or maybe he was swallowed by the massive amount of loose notes, floppy discs, folders etc that he has lying around, all related to the Chtorr series ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Science Fiction In General
William T Goodall wrote: So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy, or horror (or heck, any genre) do people on the list like, even though they realize they're not exactly top-notch stuff? Terry Goodkind I used to, but then I read _Faith Of The Fallen_. There is only so much political ranting I can handle in a book, so I didn't bother with _The Pillars Of Creation_. I'd add to that list: David Gemmell Peter F. Hamilton L E Modesitt I gave up on Modesitt after the 5th Recluce book. It just never seemed to end, though I really liked the first two. Lal GSV Epic Fantasy Glut ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Science Fiction In General
William T Goodall wrote: Pillars was a whole lot worse... A good friend of mine still reads them and he enjoyed Pillars. Then again, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the Night's Dawn trilogy. I thought it was fun and he thought it deserved a re-read over my recommendation of _Hyperion_ and _The Fall Of Hyperion_. I give up. David Gemmell Never read. The Parmenion books (_Lion Of Macedon_ and _Dark Prince_) are really good, and are an alternate take on Alexander the Great (well, the second one is. The first sets the scene). Actually, come to think of it, these books are excellent. Gemmell is prolific, and the quality tends to vary. Still, fun to read. The Drenai novels are also quite good. He's never really bettered the first three in the series, though he always seems to have sieges taking place. After the first 5 or 6 times, you wonder if he has no other way of setting up a tense finish. Also, the first two Jon Shannow books are cool (_Wolf In Shadow_ and _Last Sword Of Power_). Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, where the planet has toppled on its axis and strange, black-veined golden stones that grant people's wishes, the world has reverted back to a level of technology comparable to the Wild West (it's a kind of fantasy Western more than anything). It's 2am and my brain will probably be able to describe this better after some sleep. Peter F. Hamilton May never read again. I'm obliged to read _Fallen Dragon_ since I bought it. I've ranted at length about the evil that is _Misspent Youth_ but his one, _Pandora's Star_, looks quite interesting, even if he is jumping on the Fermi Paradox explanation bandwagon. I've only read about five of them. I have no idea what order they are supposed to be in :) I just like stories where people eat cheese... Right. The first one is present time, the second, third and fourth are prequels, and then the fifth book onwards follows on from the events of the first. Or something like that. Lal GSV The Love Of Stones ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense
Bryon wrote: That's happened to me a few times recently as well. Just today I got one from Tricia Blankenship. I got one from Tricia Blankenship as well. Lal GSV Spam Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Announcing brin-l-books
Kevin Tarr wrote: That doesn't seems to be the right person. But I've been begging for something like this on our subservient list, they throw around titles and likes and dislikes so fast it's hard to keep up. If you're referring to the Culture List, did you ever look at the CDR? There were a large number of recommended books on there, with a brief synopsis/review on about half. Lal, who shouldn't really buy any new books for about four years or so ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Announcing brin-l-books
Kevin Tarr wrote: But there are times when the list is tossing off lists like water off a wet dog. Hard to keep track and most of them are not in the CDR. I kept track of a few of the more obscure ones, and then I went out and hunted them down via Bookfinder.com. eg: the Master Li and Number 10 Ox books by Barry Hughart, and the Continuing Time books by Daniel Keys Moran. Perhaps I should go through and find the ones that the List recommended and add them to the CDR, though reading them first might help. I'm just finishing Chasm City. I don't like it much. Any particular reason why? Have you read (and liked) any of Alastair Reynolds other books? Lal GSV The Fifth Ship ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: best SF e-zine?
We're thinking about where to send it OTHER than the mainline SF magazines. Do any of you have any familiarity with the newer e-zines that are out there? Do any seem hot and with-it? Mixing good fiction with say, media coverage that brings in a young crowd? Martin Lewis suggests http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/ as the answer to your query. Hope this helps. Lal ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: best SF e-zine?
Jan Coffey wrote: That web site as you probably can tell is the web presence of the Sci- Fi channel, and Sci-Fi Mag. I don't know what your deffinition of mainline SF magazines is, but I would think that this particulare one, while not what I would consider to be mainline, it's kind of in the oposite direction on that axis from the direction your request seemd to imply you were requesting. Actually it isn't. It is the address of Scifiction (or SCIFICTION as the editor Ellen Datlow would have it), an independent ezine funded and hosted by The Sci-Fi Channel. I'm unable to decode exactly what you are trying to say in your last sentence but I notice you don't make any alternative suggestions. For me the mainline SF magazines clearly implies Asimovs, Analog, FSF and the like. So let's recap: newer ezine? Check. Hot and with-it? Check. Good fiction with media coverage that brings in a young crowd? Check. Paying market? Check. --Martin ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Race to the Bottom
Jan wrote: My best friend is Indian and holds an Indian passport, I'm curious about this friend of yours. A few questions: does he work in IT as well? Is he getting paid much less than a typical American, and if so, is he directly employed by a US company or he is being hired out from India as a contractor? Lal GSV Probably A Very Bad Idea Of Mine ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
