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Re: Missing Person.

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Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote or quoted:
>I couldn't remember the name of the person who converted Dorothy Heydt's
>novel, The Interior Life" except his first name, Bill, so looked up old
>posts of Dorothy's that I had kept and was amazed at the number of names
>of posters who have disappeared. I didn't find Bill's surname.

  In January, I made an evaluation. It includes names that left 
  until 2024. Here are the names with more than 9999 posts:

2008-06-23 Sea Wasp (10139 1.7/day), since 2000 or earlier
2010-10-08 Gene Ward Smith (12417 1.8/day), since 2003 or earlier
2013-05-22 Howard Brazee (13682 1.8/day), since 2004 or earlier
2013-10-24 Wayne Throop (30037 3.8/day), since 1994 or earlier
2015-03-03 Kurt Busiek (14432 1.7/day), since 2005 or earlier
2016-10-17 Brian M. Scott (10514 1.2/day), since 2003 or earlier
2017-02-11 William December Starr (18314 2.0/day), since 1999 or earlier
2018-01-11 Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy (21826 2.3/day), since 2007 o
2019-04-07 Greg Goss (11497 1.16/day), since 2007 or earlier
2020-01-15 David DeLaney (20322 2.0/day), since 2002 or earlier
2021-09-07 Lawrence Watt-Evans (13552 1.3/day), since 1997 or earlier
2021-09-19 Mike Schilling (25413 2.3/day), since 2002  or earlier
2021-11-20 Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) (16574 1.5/day), since 2008 or earl.
2022-08-13 J. Clarke (15372 1.4/day), since 2002 or earlier
2023-09-26 David Johnston (17072 1.5/day), since 1998 or earlier
2024-02-24 Quadibloc (23112 2.0/day), since 2007 or earlier

  The Chatbot: Bill Gill conducted a separate scan, created the
  digital cover art, and spent weeks sorting through hundreds of
  options to find three distinct fonts. This font selection was
  crucial, as the novel features multiple parallel narratives, and the
  original paperback fonts were nearly indistinguishable to readers.

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Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 09:28 -0700
  Re: Missing Person. Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 16:38 -0400
    Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 14:16 -0700
    Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-22 14:43 -0700
      Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 16:57 -0700
        Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-22 18:26 -0600
          Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-22 21:09 -0700
            Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-23 19:00 +0800
          Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 21:49 -0700
            Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-23 12:33 -0600
              Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-23 13:34 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-23 14:36 -0600
                Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-24 05:03 +0800
                Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-23 18:21 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-24 14:59 +1300
                Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-24 15:10 +0800
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-23 13:46 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 23:20 -0400
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 08:41 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-26 12:32 -0600
                Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-26 11:50 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-10-26 15:33 -0400
                Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-26 18:05 -0600
                Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-27 08:35 +1300
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 17:14 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 17:29 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 22:50 -0700
      Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-23 10:50 +0800
    Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-23 15:02 +1300
      Re: Missing Person. Don <g@crcomp.net> - 2026-10-23 05:23 +0000
        Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-23 18:44 +1300
        Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-23 18:45 +0800
      Re: Missing Person. ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-23 10:35 +0000
    Re: Missing Person. "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-26 17:12 +0000
      Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-26 11:51 -0700

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