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  More favourite opening lines Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-25 17:44 -0700
    Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-06-26 04:30 +0000
      Re: More favourite opening lines Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-26 08:58 -0700
      Re: More favourite opening lines Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2018-06-27 16:10 +1200
        Re: More favourite opening lines ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-27 05:16 +0000
          Re: More favourite opening lines peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-06-27 16:31 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-28 03:48 +0300
            Re: More favourite opening lines "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-28 09:39 -0700
              Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-28 17:10 +0000
          Re: More favourite opening lines Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-27 17:36 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-06-27 19:45 -0500
            Re: More favourite opening lines ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-28 03:44 +0000
            Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-01 18:59 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-06-28 05:52 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-06-28 10:10 -0700
              Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:51 -0700
                Re: More favourite opening lines Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-07-02 09:36 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-06-28 16:32 -0500
              Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@kithrup.com (David Goldfarb) - 2018-06-29 05:16 +0000
                Re: More favourite opening lines Michael Ikeda <mmikeda@erols.com> - 2018-06-29 11:17 +0000
                  Re: More favourite opening lines Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-29 14:16 -0700
                    Re: More favourite opening lines Michael Ikeda <mmikeda@erols.com> - 2018-06-30 12:10 +0000
                      Re: More favourite opening lines Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-30 05:56 -0700
                    Re: More favourite opening lines David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-07-12 11:05 -0500
                      Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-12 19:23 +0000
                        Re: More favourite opening lines Panthera Tigris Altaica <northerntiger@outlook.com> - 2018-07-12 12:57 -0700
                      Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-07-13 05:18 +0000
                        Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-14 05:28 +0000
                          Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-07-16 22:29 +0000
                            Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-16 20:49 -0700
                              Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-17 04:27 +0000
              Re: More favourite opening lines David Mitchell <david.robot.mitchell@gmail.com> - 2018-06-30 10:00 +0100
              Re: More favourite opening lines "Lee Gleason" <lee.gleason@comcast.net> - 2018-07-01 14:31 -0500
                Re: More favourite opening lines peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-07-01 16:04 -0700
                  Re: More favourite opening lines "Lee Gleason" <lee.gleason@comcast.net> - 2018-07-01 18:49 -0500
                Re: More favourite opening lines D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-07-01 23:12 +0000
              Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:52 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-06-29 05:10 +0000
              Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:55 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-01 19:01 -0700
              Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:56 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-02 05:12 -0700
        Re: More favourite opening lines Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-27 16:40 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2018-06-28 15:38 +1200
    Re: More favourite opening lines "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@pants.btinternet.com> - 2018-06-26 08:36 +0100
      Re: More favourite opening lines Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 05:39 -0700
    Re: More favourite opening lines Harold Hill <kyle.pellarkosbar@gmail.com> - 2018-06-29 06:23 -0700
      Re: More favourite opening lines Steve Dodds <sdodds@nova-optical.com> - 2018-07-02 07:19 -0600
    Re: More favourite opening lines D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-30 16:46 +0000
    Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-01 19:12 -0700
    Re: More favourite opening lines Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-07-12 23:06 -0500

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#494338

On Friday, 29 June 2018 12:17:21 UTC+1, Michael Ikeda  wrote:
> goldfarb@kithrup.com (David Goldfarb) wrote in
> news:pB2Jyz.rCv@kithrup.com: 
> 
> > In article <6LydneaGaZVrzqjGnZ2dnUU7-cPNnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> > David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> >>Outside her dream it was winter, and night. But Sirronde
> >>wandered beyond the gates of dream, straying a long while among
> >>the golden landscapes of long-dead summers, until at last she
> >>came to the forges of evening. 
> > 
> > One of Diane Duane's Sirronde stories, but I haven't looked up
> > which one. 
> > 
> 
> Parting Gifts.

A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_; I don't recall the title being explained, dreams
don't have gates as far as I remember except for
_Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_ (spoiler??), 
perhaps it's a quotation?  Maybe from that?

The main thing that Wikipedia says about the Carter
is that the first edition back cover tells you what
three stories are like that aren't in the collection.

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#494349

Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote in
news:42912f4c-a8d0-4571-9259-2b953c526d9e@googlegroups.com: 

> On Friday, 29 June 2018 12:17:21 UTC+1, Michael Ikeda  wrote:
>> goldfarb@kithrup.com (David Goldfarb) wrote in
>> news:pB2Jyz.rCv@kithrup.com: 
>> 
>> > In article <6LydneaGaZVrzqjGnZ2dnUU7-cPNnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>> > David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> >>Outside her dream it was winter, and night. But Sirronde
>> >>wandered beyond the gates of dream, straying a long while
>> >>among the golden landscapes of long-dead summers, until at
>> >>last she came to the forges of evening. 
>> > 
>> > One of Diane Duane's Sirronde stories, but I haven't looked
>> > up which one. 
>> > 
>> 
>> Parting Gifts.
> 
> A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_;
> I don't recall the title being explained, dreams don't have
> gates as far as I remember except for _Alice's Adventures in
> Wonderland_ (spoiler??), perhaps it's a quotation?  Maybe from
> that? 
> 
> The main thing that Wikipedia says about the Carter
> is that the first edition back cover tells you what
> three stories are like that aren't in the collection.

The story is "Parting Gifts" by Diane Duane.  As David mentioned, 
it is one of her Sirronde stories.  My copy of the story is from 
Lin Carter's 1981 anthology Flashing Swords #5.

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#494350

On Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:10:34 UTC+1, Michael Ikeda  wrote:
> Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote in
> news:42912f4c-a8d0-4571-9259-2b953c526d9e@googlegroups.com: 
> 
> > On Friday, 29 June 2018 12:17:21 UTC+1, Michael Ikeda  wrote:
> >> goldfarb@kithrup.com (David Goldfarb) wrote in
> >> news:pB2Jyz.rCv@kithrup.com: 
> >> 
> >> > In article <6LydneaGaZVrzqjGnZ2dnUU7-cPNnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >> > David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > 
> >> >>Outside her dream it was winter, and night. But Sirronde
> >> >>wandered beyond the gates of dream, straying a long while
> >> >>among the golden landscapes of long-dead summers, until at
> >> >>last she came to the forges of evening. 
> >> > 
> >> > One of Diane Duane's Sirronde stories, but I haven't looked
> >> > up which one. 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> Parting Gifts.
> > 
> > A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_;
> > I don't recall the title being explained, dreams don't have
> > gates as far as I remember except for _Alice's Adventures in
> > Wonderland_ (spoiler??), perhaps it's a quotation?  Maybe from
> > that? 
> > 
> > The main thing that Wikipedia says about the Carter
> > is that the first edition back cover tells you what
> > three stories are like that aren't in the collection.
> 
> The story is "Parting Gifts" by Diane Duane.  As David mentioned, 
> it is one of her Sirronde stories.  My copy of the story is from 
> Lin Carter's 1981 anthology Flashing Swords #5.

Right-o.  In 1969, Diane Duane was 17.

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#494765

On 2018-06-29, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
> A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_; I don't
> recall the title being explained, dreams
> don't have gates as far as I remember

Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is made of horn
and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.

Dave, and they are both larger than Halt's ivory table
-- 
\/David	DeLaney	posting	thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that	grows the flower
It's not the clock that	slows the hour 	The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is	all it takes to	make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE	HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
my gatekeeper archives are no longer accessible	:( / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

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#494777

In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2018-06-29, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>> A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_; I don't
>> recall the title being explained, dreams
>> don't have gates as far as I remember
>
>Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is made of horn
>and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.
>
>Dave, and they are both larger than Halt's ivory table

They'd have to be, unless they were limited to sending out the
dreams of mice.  IIRC Halt's table is *tiny.*

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#494779

On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 3:45:07 PM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On 2018-06-29, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
> >> A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_; I don't
> >> recall the title being explained, dreams
> >> don't have gates as far as I remember
> >
> >Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is made of horn
> >and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.
> >
> >Dave, and they are both larger than Halt's ivory table
> 
> They'd have to be, unless they were limited to sending out the
> dreams of mice.  IIRC Halt's table is *tiny.*

Halt's table is as big as it needs to be, the same way that Halt's chair is always there when needed.

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#494802

In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2018-06-29, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>> A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_; I don't
>> recall the title being explained, dreams
>> don't have gates as far as I remember
>
>Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is made of horn
>and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.

You do recall that he was stealing from Homer, right? (Probably
you do, but I can't tell.)

-- 
   David Goldfarb          |"Everyone generalizes from insufficient data.
goldfarbdj@gmail.com       | I know I do."
goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu  |                  -- Steven Brust

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#494839

In article <pBsHFn.yxo@kithrup.com>,
David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj@gmail.com> wrote:
>In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 2018-06-29, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>> A Lin Carter collection of 1969 is _Beyond the Gates of Dream_; I don't
>>> recall the title being explained, dreams
>>> don't have gates as far as I remember
>>
>>Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is made of horn
>>and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.
>
>You do recall that he was stealing from Homer, right? (Probably
>you do, but I can't tell.)

If not Hesiod.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#494947

In article <pBuCIu.11F3@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>In article <pBsHFn.yxo@kithrup.com>,
>David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is
>made of horn
>>>and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.
>>
>>You do recall that he was stealing from Homer, right? (Probably
>>you do, but I can't tell.)
>
>If not Hesiod.

Gaiman stole from Hesiod for the parentage of his Endless, but if
Hesiod refers to the gates of horn and ivory, Wikipedia does not
mention it. Their source is Odyssey 19 560-69.

-- 
   David Goldfarb          |"Ah, the stench of evil is about this place!"
goldfarbdj@gmail.com       |     "Actually, I think that's air-freshener."
goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu  |               --_Zot!_ #4

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#494961

On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 4:30:06 PM UTC-6, David Goldfarb wrote:
> In article <pBuCIu.11F3@kithrup.com>,
> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
> >In article <pBsHFn.yxo@kithrup.com>,
> >David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >>David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is
> >made of horn
> >>>and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.
> >>
> >>You do recall that he was stealing from Homer, right? (Probably
> >>you do, but I can't tell.)
> >
> >If not Hesiod.
> 
> Gaiman stole from Hesiod for the parentage of his Endless, but if
> Hesiod refers to the gates of horn and ivory, Wikipedia does not
> mention it. Their source is Odyssey 19 560-69.

The only reference I noticed to continued use of the image in Ancient Rome was 
by Virgil in the Aenid, also in that Wikipedia article. But not having read 
"Works and Days" from beginning to end, I can't be certain it isn't there.

John Savard

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#494963

In article <76b58803-b637-4a93-a8e0-31590152ad53@googlegroups.com>,
Quadibloc  <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 4:30:06 PM UTC-6, David Goldfarb wrote:
>> In article <pBuCIu.11F3@kithrup.com>,
>> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>> >In article <pBsHFn.yxo@kithrup.com>,
>> >David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>> >>David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is
>> >made of horn
>> >>>and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.
>> >>
>> >>You do recall that he was stealing from Homer, right? (Probably
>> >>you do, but I can't tell.)
>> >
>> >If not Hesiod.
>> 
>> Gaiman stole from Hesiod for the parentage of his Endless, but if
>> Hesiod refers to the gates of horn and ivory, Wikipedia does not
>> mention it. Their source is Odyssey 19 560-69.
>
>The only reference I noticed to continued use of the image in Ancient Rome was 
>by Virgil in the Aenid, also in that Wikipedia article. But not having read 
>"Works and Days" from beginning to end, I can't be certain it isn't there.

Well, I have.  But it's been a while.  I used it as a reference
for several of the Cynthia stories, e.g. things you mustn't do
lest you be cursed.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#494348

On 28/06/18 22:32, David DeLaney wrote:
> ===
> Her hair was a brilliant green. So was her spectacularly filled halter. So were
> her tight short-shorts, her lipstick, and the lacquer on her finger- and
> toe-nails.

The Galaxy Primes?

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#494369

"David DeLaney"  wrote in message 
news:6LydneaGaZVrzqjGnZ2dnUU7-cPNnZ2d@earthlink.com...


>===
>The one-man clopter was zipping over New Mexico when Kent Lindstrom's left 
>hand
>dropped its side of the book of Beethoven sonatas. Kent stared with 
>annoyance
>as the hand reached forward to fool with the manual control wheel.
>
>===

  It's a Mack Reynolds story published in Analog in the late 60s/early 70s, 
about a musician who had his corpus callosum cut to treat a brain disorder. 
He developed two personalities, one of which, "Pard", became a secret agent 
unbeknownst to the other personality in the other half of his brain. You’d 
think I'd remember the title if I recall this much...

--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason@gmail.com 

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#494374

On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 2:31:28 PM UTC-5, Lee Gleason wrote:
> "David DeLaney"  wrote in message
> 

> >The one-man clopter was zipping over New Mexico when Kent Lindstrom's left 
> >hand
> >dropped its side of the book of Beethoven sonatas. Kent stared with 
> >annoyance
> >as the hand reached forward to fool with the manual control wheel.
> >
> >===
> 
>   It's a Mack Reynolds story published in Analog in the late 60s/early 70s, 
> about a musician who had his corpus callosum cut to treat a brain disorder. 
> He developed two personalities, one of which, "Pard", became a secret agent 
> unbeknownst to the other personality in the other half of his brain. You’d 
> think I'd remember the title if I recall this much...

_Duplex_(AKA as _Partner_) by Howard L. Myers. He is possibly best known
for his "Econowar" stories.

Peter Wezeman
anti-social Darwinist

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#494377

wrote in message 
news:f7a6e31d-2943-431f-b577-44fbdccf07cd@googlegroups.com...

On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 2:31:28 PM UTC-5, Lee Gleason wrote:
> "David DeLaney"  wrote in message
>

> >The one-man clopter was zipping over New Mexico when Kent Lindstrom's 
> >left
> >hand
> >dropped its side of the book of Beethoven sonatas. Kent stared with
> >annoyance
> >as the hand reached forward to fool with the manual control wheel.
> >
> >===
>
>>   It's a Mack Reynolds story published in Analog in the late 60s/early 
>> 70s,
>> about a musician who had his corpus callosum cut to treat a brain 
>> disorder.
>> He developed two personalities, one of which, "Pard", became a secret 
>> agent
>> unbeknownst to the other personality in the other half of his brain. You’d
>> think I'd remember the title if I recall this much...

>_Duplex_(AKA as _Partner_) by Howard L. Myers. He is possibly best known
>for his "Econowar" stories.

>Peter Wezeman

  Ah, thanks for the correction - guess I didn't remember as much as I 
thought I did.

--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason@comcast.net 

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#494375

Lee Gleason <lee.gleason@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> "David DeLaney"  wrote in message
> news:6LydneaGaZVrzqjGnZ2dnUU7-cPNnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>
>
>>===
>>The one-man clopter was zipping over New Mexico when Kent Lindstrom's left
>>hand
>>dropped its side of the book of Beethoven sonatas. Kent stared with
>>annoyance
>>as the hand reached forward to fool with the manual control wheel.
>>
>>===
>
>  It's a Mack Reynolds story published in Analog in the late 60s/early 70s,
> about a musician who had his corpus callosum cut to treat a brain disorder.
> He developed two personalities, one of which, "Pard", became a secret agent
> unbeknownst to the other personality in the other half of his brain. You'd
> think I'd remember the title if I recall this much...

A different author wrote _Healer_ (Wilson). The Wilson has a parasitical 
creature called "Pard" enter into symbiosis with the protagonist's 
brain. Pard has a mind of its own, so a lot of internal dialogue takes
place within the protagonist's mind.

✍

Thank you,

-- 
Don

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#494387

On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 5:32:45 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
> On 2018-06-28, tonynance17@gmail.com <tonynance17@gmail.com> wrote:
> >===
> > She was a girlygirl and they were true men, the Lords of Creation, but ???she
> > pitted her wits against them and she won.
> 
> EVERYONE should know this one by heart. (I know they don't.) Cordwainer Smith,
> Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, you are not forgotten.
> 

Yep!

> >===
> > He doesn't know which one of us I am these days, but they know one truth.
> 
> Fondly Fahrenheit! All reet the heat.

And 'yep' again!


> 
> >===
> > Americans are considered crazy anywhere in the world.
> 
> There's good reasons for that, actually. I'm not sure _any_ of us are sane, and
> culture and upbringing has a lot to do with it. Oh, And He Built A Crooked
> House And Senate.
> 

Nice!
- Tony, snipping the rest just for brevity and stuff

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#494315

In article <5aa34071-8f59-43c7-8203-06c42a579be8@googlegroups.com>,
 <tonynance17@gmail.com> wrote:
>The manhunt extended across more than one hundred light-years and eight
>centuries.

Vernor Vinge, _A Deepness in the Sky_.

>The bureaucrat fell from the sky.

Michael Swanwick, I think _Stations of the Tide_ but it might
be _Vacuum Flowers_ instead.

>It was a pleasure to burn.

Ray Bradbury, _Fahrenheit 451_.

>Do not read this story. Turn the page quickly.

Cordwainer Smith, "The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal".

>This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.

William Goldman, _The Princess Bride_.

-- 
   David Goldfarb          |"As an experimental psychologist I have been 
goldfarbdj@gmail.com       |trained not to believe anything unless it can be
goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu  |demonstrated in the laboratory on rats or
                           |sophomores."  -- Steven Pinker

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#494388

On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 1:30:05 AM UTC-4, David Goldfarb wrote:
> In article <5aa34071-8f59-43c7-8203-06c42a579be8@googlegroups.com>,
>  <tonynance17@gmail.com> wrote:
> >The manhunt extended across more than one hundred light-years and eight
> >centuries.
> 
> Vernor Vinge, _A Deepness in the Sky_.
> 

Bingo!


> >The bureaucrat fell from the sky.
> 
> Michael Swanwick, I think _Stations of the Tide_ but it might
> be _Vacuum Flowers_ instead.
> 

Indeed - it is the former.


> >It was a pleasure to burn.
> 
> Ray Bradbury, _Fahrenheit 451_.

Yep!


> >Do not read this story. Turn the page quickly.
> 
> Cordwainer Smith, "The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal".

Yep again!


> 
> >This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
> 
> William Goldman, _The Princess Bride_.
> 


Yep - nicely done!
- Tony

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#494382

On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 6:52:34 AM UTC-6, tonyn...@gmail.com wrote:

> It was a pleasure to burn.

Fahrenheit 451

> She was a girlygirl and they were true men, the Lords of Creation, but 
she pitted her wits against them and she won.

The Ballad of Lost C'mell?

John Savard

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