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  new end book on my shelves Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-07-12 23:03 -0500
    Re: new end book on my shelves Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-07-12 21:26 -0700
      Re: new end book on my shelves Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-07-12 21:38 -0700
        Re: new end book on my shelves Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-07-13 13:55 -0500
          Re: new end book on my shelves Richard Hershberger <rrhersh@gmail.com> - 2018-07-13 13:25 -0700
            Re: new end book on my shelves Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-07-13 13:44 -0700
              Re: new end book on my shelves ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-07-13 20:48 +0000
              Re: new end book on my shelves Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-07-13 14:29 -0700
            Re: new end book on my shelves Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-07-13 15:59 -0500
            Re: new end book on my shelves D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-07-13 23:26 +0000
    Re: new end book on my shelves tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-13 03:59 -0700
      Re: new end book on my shelves Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-07-13 11:02 -0700
      Re: new end book on my shelves Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-07-13 13:53 -0500
    Re: new end book on my shelves djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-14 05:25 +0000
      Re: new end book on my shelves Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-07-15 14:27 -0500
        Re: new end book on my shelves djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-15 20:34 +0000
    Re: new end book on my shelves David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-07-15 13:34 -0500
      Re: new end book on my shelves Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-07-15 12:04 -0700
        Re: new end book on my shelves Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-07-15 23:29 -0400
          Re: new end book on my shelves William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2018-07-15 21:55 -0700
            Re: new end book on my shelves Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-07-16 08:35 -0700
              Re: new end book on my shelves djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-16 17:26 +0000
                Re: new end book on my shelves ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-07-16 21:08 +0000
                  Re: new end book on my shelves Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-07-16 14:23 -0700
                    Re: new end book on my shelves Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-07-17 05:11 -0700
                      Re: new end book on my shelves djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-17 16:09 +0000
            Re: new end book on my shelves Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-07-16 13:05 -0400
              Re: new end book on my shelves D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-07-16 18:15 +0000
              Re: new end book on my shelves David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-07-18 07:51 -0500
          Re: new end book on my shelves Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-07-16 13:42 -0700
            Re: new end book on my shelves scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-07-16 20:54 +0000

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#494915

On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 12:55:41 AM UTC-4, William Hyde wrote:
> On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:29:09 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
> > >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last week.  _The 
> > >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after that Zahn 
> > >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
> > >> >  
> > >> > https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
> > >> 
> > >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of Zelazny-ands;
> > >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend who has one
> > >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's brother, had
> > >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more king-in-yellow roots
> > >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
> > >> 
> > >
> > >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
> > >
> > >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
> > 
> > I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
> > track him down and convince him to write a novel.
> 
> You didn't know?
> 
> He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.
> 
> William Hyde

I know a young couple who delight in the name Zyxnfrx.

pt

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#494919

In article <35369663-9f51-44b2-bbba-2ca463bd4bec@googlegroups.com>,
Peter Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 12:55:41 AM UTC-4, William Hyde wrote:
>> On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:29:09 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
>> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > 
>> > >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
>> > >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last
>week.  _The 
>> > >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after
>that Zahn 
>> > >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
>> > >> >  
>> > >> >
>https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
>> > >> 
>> > >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of
>Zelazny-ands;
>> > >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend
>who has one
>> > >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's
>brother, had
>> > >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more
>king-in-yellow roots
>> > >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
>> > >> 
>> > >
>> > >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
>> > >
>> > >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
>> > 
>> > I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
>> > track him down and convince him to write a novel.
>> 
>> You didn't know?
>> 
>> He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.
>> 
>> William Hyde
>
>I know a young couple who delight in the name Zyxnfrx.

Did they (either of them) inherit that name, or did they decide
"Well, making one take the other's name is old-fashioned and
sexist, and hyphens are awkward, let's just make up a new joint
name"?  I knew at least one young young couple who did that.  But
they chose something like Moonbeam or Morninglory.  It was, after
all, the sixties.

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

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#494944

In article <pByz4u.1069@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>In article <35369663-9f51-44b2-bbba-2ca463bd4bec@googlegroups.com>,
>Peter Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 12:55:41 AM UTC-4, William Hyde wrote:
>>> On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:29:09 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
>>> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
>>> > >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last
>>week.  _The 
>>> > >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after
>>that Zahn 
>>> > >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
>>> > >> >  
>>> > >> >
>>https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of
>>Zelazny-ands;
>>> > >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend
>>who has one
>>> > >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's
>>brother, had
>>> > >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more
>>king-in-yellow roots
>>> > >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
>>> > >> 
>>> > >
>>> > >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
>>> > >
>>> > >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
>>> > 
>>> > I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
>>> > track him down and convince him to write a novel.
>>> 
>>> You didn't know?
>>> 
>>> He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.
>>> 
>>> William Hyde
>>
>>I know a young couple who delight in the name Zyxnfrx.
>
>Did they (either of them) inherit that name, or did they decide
>"Well, making one take the other's name is old-fashioned and
>sexist, and hyphens are awkward, let's just make up a new joint
>name"?  I knew at least one young young couple who did that.  But
>they chose something like Moonbeam or Morninglory.  It was, after
>all, the sixties.
>

To me it looks like one of them is Zyx and the other Frx.
-- 
------
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

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#494946

On Monday, 16 July 2018 22:08:31 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
> In article <pByz4u.1069@kithrup.com>,
> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
> >In article <35369663-9f51-44b2-bbba-2ca463bd4bec@googlegroups.com>,
> >Peter Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 12:55:41 AM UTC-4, William Hyde wrote:
> >>> On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:29:09 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> >>> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > 
> >>> > >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
> >>> > >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last
> >>week.  _The 
> >>> > >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after
> >>that Zahn 
> >>> > >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
> >>> > >> >  
> >>> > >> >
> >>https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
> >>> > >> 
> >>> > >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of
> >>Zelazny-ands;
> >>> > >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend
> >>who has one
> >>> > >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's
> >>brother, had
> >>> > >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more
> >>king-in-yellow roots
> >>> > >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
> >>> > >> 
> >>> > >
> >>> > >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
> >>> > >
> >>> > >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
> >>> > 
> >>> > I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
> >>> > track him down and convince him to write a novel.
> >>> 
> >>> You didn't know?
> >>> 
> >>> He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.
> >>> 
> >>> William Hyde
> >>
> >>I know a young couple who delight in the name Zyxnfrx.
> >
> >Did they (either of them) inherit that name, or did they decide
> >"Well, making one take the other's name is old-fashioned and
> >sexist, and hyphens are awkward, let's just make up a new joint
> >name"?  I knew at least one young young couple who did that.  But
> >they chose something like Moonbeam or Morninglory.  It was, after
> >all, the sixties.
> >
> 
> To me it looks like one of them is Zyx and the other Frx.

Le Frx, c'est Zyx.

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#494968

On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 5:23:52 PM UTC-4, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Monday, 16 July 2018 22:08:31 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
> > In article <pByz4u.1069@kithrup.com>,
> > Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
> > >In article <35369663-9f51-44b2-bbba-2ca463bd4bec@googlegroups.com>,
> > >Peter Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 12:55:41 AM UTC-4, William Hyde wrote:
> > >>> On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:29:09 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> > >>> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
> > >>> > wrote:
> > >>> > 
> > >>> > >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
> > >>> > >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> > >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last
> > >>week.  _The 
> > >>> > >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after
> > >>that Zahn 
> > >>> > >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
> > >>> > >> >  
> > >>> > >> >
> > >>https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
> > >>> > >> 
> > >>> > >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of
> > >>Zelazny-ands;
> > >>> > >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend
> > >>who has one
> > >>> > >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's
> > >>brother, had
> > >>> > >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more
> > >>king-in-yellow roots
> > >>> > >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
> > >>> > >> 
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
> > >>> > 
> > >>> > I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
> > >>> > track him down and convince him to write a novel.
> > >>> 
> > >>> You didn't know?
> > >>> 
> > >>> He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.
> > >>> 
> > >>> William Hyde
> > >>
> > >>I know a young couple who delight in the name Zyxnfrx.
> > >
> > >Did they (either of them) inherit that name, or did they decide
> > >"Well, making one take the other's name is old-fashioned and
> > >sexist, and hyphens are awkward, let's just make up a new joint
> > >name"?  I knew at least one young young couple who did that.  But
> > >they chose something like Moonbeam or Morninglory.  It was, after
> > >all, the sixties.
> > >
> > 
> > To me it looks like one of them is Zyx and the other Frx.
> 
> Le Frx, c'est Zyx.

The two of them made the name up - their pre-marriage names were much more
mundane.

pt

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#494975

In article <5d98ca02-1b08-4e93-8be3-e18db8511734@googlegroups.com>,
Peter Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 5:23:52 PM UTC-4, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> On Monday, 16 July 2018 22:08:31 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
>> > In article <pByz4u.1069@kithrup.com>,
>> > Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>> > >In article <35369663-9f51-44b2-bbba-2ca463bd4bec@googlegroups.com>,
>> > >Peter Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>> > >>I know a young couple who delight in the name Zyxnfrx.
>> > >
>> > >Did they (either of them) inherit that name, or did they decide
>> > >"Well, making one take the other's name is old-fashioned and
>> > >sexist, and hyphens are awkward, let's just make up a new joint
>> > >name"?  I knew at least one young young couple who did that.  But
>> > >they chose something like Moonbeam or Morninglory.  It was, after
>> > >all, the sixties.
>> > 
>> > To me it looks like one of them is Zyx and the other Frx.
>> 
>> Le Frx, c'est Zyx.
>
>The two of them made the name up - their pre-marriage names were much more
>mundane.

Like those two I mentioned upthread.

Then there's the saga of how my son and daughter-in-law dealt
with name change,

Are you all sitting comfortably?

Then I'll begin.

Note: I'm using real names here.

My son was christened David Ravn Heydt.  (Ravn being part of the
surname of his father's maternal grandfather, Jo/rgen Jensen
Ravn-Jo/rgensen.)

In his teens he decided that he was tired of being named David;
everybody and his cousin David was named David.  By that time he
was active in the SCA (so were all of us), and his medieval name
was Tristan av Ravnsborg.  So he started calling himself Tristan,
and we all obliged.  Tris for short.

After going through the usual succession of girl friends in his
twenties (who to my eyes all looked alike: small, dark-haired,
and full of Attitude), he settled on one and they got engaged.

Her name was Erika Fitton, but she was an actress and had chosen
to use her mother's maiden name as her stage name: Erika Salazar.
(Some of her family had come from Colombia a generation or two
ago.)  She had wanted for some time to change it legally, but
there was a fee and she didn't have the money.

"No sweat," said Tris.  "I have the money; I'll change MY name to
Salazar and then when we get married, all you'll have to do is
fill out a form."

(He did ask us if we minded.  We didn't.)

So now he's legally Tristan Ravn Salazar, and it was all fine
except then they moved to New York and when he got a job there,
he had to document his name change, and Hal had to go to the San
Francisco records office and get the documentation.  No problem.

They have a son now, Ydris Ravn Salazar, and they spell it with a
Y instead of the usual I, because they didn't want him to have
IRS as initials and freak people out.

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

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#494918

On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 21:55:38 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:29:09 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
>> >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last week.  _The 
>> >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after that Zahn 
>> >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
>> >> >  
>> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
>> >> 
>> >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of Zelazny-ands;
>> >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend who has one
>> >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's brother, had
>> >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more king-in-yellow roots
>> >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
>> >> 
>> >
>> >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
>> >
>> >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
>> 
>> I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
>> track him down and convince him to write a novel.
>
>You didn't know?
>
>He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.

Not Absalom Aaron?



-- 
My webpage is at http://www.watt-evans.com
My latest novel is Stone Unturned:  A Legend of Ethshar.
See http://www.ethshar.com/StoneUnturned.shtml

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#494922

Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 21:55:38 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
> <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:29:09 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
>>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
>>> >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last week.  _The
>>> >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after that Zahn
>>> >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
>>> >>
>>> >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of Zelazny-ands;
>>> >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend who has one
>>> >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's brother, had
>>> >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more king-in-yellow roots
>>> >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
>>> >
>>> >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
>>>
>>> I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
>>> track him down and convince him to write a novel.
>>
>>You didn't know?
>>
>>He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.
>
> Not Absalom Aaron?
>

Harp's Song by Aaron Aachen
http://www.fictionweek.com/fwliteraryreview/harpssongstart.html

✍

Thank you,

-- 
Don

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#495009

On 2018-07-16, Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> wrote:
> William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>>You didn't know?
>>
>>He writes under the pen name of Adam Aaron.
>
> Not Absalom Aaron?

Eh. I have two books by Donald Aamodt.

Dave, and of course Aaronovitch writes the Rivers of London magic-detective
 series
-- 
\/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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#494939

On Monday, 16 July 2018 04:29:09 UTC+1, Lawrence Watt-Evans  wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
> >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last week.  _The 
> >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after that Zahn 
> >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
> >> >  
> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
> >> 
> >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of Zelazny-ands;
> >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend who has one
> >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's brother, had
> >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more king-in-yellow roots
> >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
> >> 
> >
> >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
> >
> >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
> 
> I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
> track him down and convince him to write a novel.

I've just read probably too much in Google Books's
copy of _Mathematical Adventures for Students and Amateurs_
- or perhaps not enough - of an essay by notable 
mathematician Joseph Gallian, upon "Breaking Driver's 
Licence Codes" (in Minnesota).  It turned out that 
a Minnesota licence number encodes the name and date of 
birth of the holder - which I expect are on the licence 
anyway - and you can extract the name from the number -
most times, but that doesn't work when the name is Zzyzz.

Unfortunately, another Google Books result tells me
that the full name that I had in mind - Ricardo Zzyzz -
appeared at the end of "the" Los Angeles phone directory 
in the 1950s - and in some "well-I-never" newspaper
stories - but was just a prank by a subscriber whose
money I guess they were happy to take.

So apparently that leaves Zzyxx...?

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Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> writes:
>On Monday, 16 July 2018 04:29:09 UTC+1, Lawrence Watt-Evans  wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
>> >> On 2018-07-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > My daughter gave me a "new" end book for my collection last week.  _The 
>> >> > Omega Point_ by George Zebrowski.  It will go right that after that Zahn 
>> >> > book after I read it.  Maybe it is this book in a 1972 Ace print.
>> >> >  
>> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Point-Trilogy-George-Zebrowski/dp/0441623816/
>> >> 
>> >> There are several Zelazny you might like, and a smattering of Zelazny-ands;
>> >> Sarah Zettel writes good stuff, and Stephan Zielinski is a friend who has one
>> >> urban-fantasy book out some time ago. Paul Edwin Zimmer, Marion's brother, had
>> >> an unfinished epic-fantasy series that has somewhat more king-in-yellow roots
>> >> than Darkover did. And Zindel has some space opera.
>> >> 
>> >
>> >Who would be the alphabetically ultimate author?
>> >
>> >Eric Simon, writing as "Victor Zyx?"
>> 
>> I went to high school with a guy named Mark Zyzza.  Maybe we should
>> track him down and convince him to write a novel.
>
>I've just read probably too much in Google Books's
>copy of _Mathematical Adventures for Students and Amateurs_
>- or perhaps not enough - of an essay by notable 
>mathematician Joseph Gallian, upon "Breaking Driver's 
>Licence Codes" (in Minnesota).  It turned out that 
>a Minnesota licence number encodes the name and date of 
>birth of the holder - which I expect are on the licence 
>anyway - and you can extract the name from the number -
>most times, but that doesn't work when the name is Zzyzz.
>
>Unfortunately, another Google Books result tells me
>that the full name that I had in mind - Ricardo Zzyzz -
>appeared at the end of "the" Los Angeles phone directory 
>in the 1950s - and in some "well-I-never" newspaper
>stories - but was just a prank by a subscriber whose
>money I guess they were happy to take.
>
>So apparently that leaves Zzyxx...?

Or perhaps,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California

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