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digest 1997-02-13 #001



11:28 PM 2/12/97 -0800
From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

Daily SLS Email Digest
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Date: 12 Feb 1997 09:37:32 -0800
From: Carol Colatrella 
Subject: Re: Configurations - Book Reviews
Alan,
This isn't really about book reviews, only a note to ask how you and
Amy
are doing.  I heard from Dee and Brian (saw them at the MDO kidsmarket)
that their trip was great fun and that Haines loved seeing you all.
I really miss you every day at work and Amy every weekend at home.  I
can't tell you how much your presence and moral outlook are missed in
the
new regime.  If email were a secure medium, I would say more about
that.
Suffice it to say that I really, really, really miss you and Ken, whose
ethical sense has not been replaced.
Larry Jacobs told me that you were sick and intending to begin
commuting
to Atlanta.  I hope that you are recovering now and that we might see
you/host you when you come to town.
Some cute Charlie things: on Saturday he insisted that we go out to buy
him a firefighter's helmet, which has now become a requirement of his
everyday wardrobe (it looks good, too!).  He's counting to ten and
starting
to tell stories based on the pictures in his books.  And the other day
he
picked up his toy tools and said "I fix sink.  It's my job."
I think I'm raising a handyman and none to soon.
Hope that spring comes soon to NC; the weather has been odd here. 
We've
all had colds and now I've lost my voice (perhaps this explains my need
to
get words into print here).
Rick and I saw the new Woody Allen movie last week and highly recommend
it.  It's a great Valentine.
Love to you and Amy, who I hope is not working too hard,
Carol
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Date: 12 Feb 1997 10:38:54 -0800
From: jal@cco.caltech.edu
Subject: question and comment
Is there some SF fan out there who can help me remember: what SF author
retorted, when someone sneered that 95% of SF was crap, that 95% of
anything is crap?  Can you give me a citation?
I'll also take advantage of this opportunity to remind some of our
correspondents that if you use your mailer's reply function to answer a
message from an individual sent to the list, your reply also goes to
the
whole list, NOT just to that individual (a mistake I made three times
running a couple of years back).  I think a couple of recent postings
were
unintentionally public.
Jay
Jay A. Labinger
Beckman Institute
California Institute of Technology
139-74
Pasadena, CA 91125
tel: 818-395-6520
fax: 818-449-4159
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Date: 12 Feb 1997 10:56:34 -0800
From: Carol Colatrella 
Subject: Re: question and comment
To all (intentionally this time):
Mea culpa.  I'm sorry about my recent quick hit of reply when a new
message would have been in order.  Please forgive me for clogging your
mailbox.
Carol
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Date: 12 Feb 1997 11:55:13 -0800
From: Marc Damashek 
Subject: Re: sci-fi assessment
Jay:
I'm not a sci-fi fan, but here's what I find through Alta Vista --
perhaps it's a start. I'd say get directly in touch with Allen Watson.
(There are also quite a few Web pages devoted to Theodore Sturgeon.)
Marc Damashek
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From           watson2@apple.com (Allen Watson)
Organization   Apple Computer, Inc.
Date           Fri, 17 Jan 1997 16:07:10 -0800
Newsgroups     rec.music.classical
Message-ID     
References     1 2
In article <32DEAE9C.699A@worldnet.att.net>, Trat Colins
 wrote:
> S. Alan Schweitzer wrote:
> >
> > ...

I agree with Theodore Sturgeon,
who introduced a keynote speech at a science-fiction convention with
the
statement, "90% of science fiction is crap."  After a suitable
pause, he
went on to point out that 90% of everything is crap, and I think that
applies to all types of music.
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>Is there some SF fan out there who can help me remember: what SF
author
>retorted, when someone sneered that 95% of SF was crap, that 95% of
>anything is crap?  Can you give me a citation?
>
>I'll also take advantage of this opportunity to remind some of our
>correspondents that if you use your mailer's reply function to
answer a
>message from an individual sent to the list, your reply also goes to
the
>whole list, NOT just to that individual (a mistake I made three
times
>running a couple of years back).  I think a couple of recent
postings were
>unintentionally public.
>
>Jay
>Jay A. Labinger
>Beckman Institute
>California Institute of Technology
>139-74
>Pasadena, CA 91125
>tel: 818-395-6520
>fax: 818-449-4159
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Date: 12 Feb 1997 14:58:33 -0800
From: Martha Bartter 
Subject: Re: question and comment
At 10:37 2/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Is there some SF fan out there who can help me remember: what SF
author
>retorted, when someone sneered that 95% of SF was crap, that 95% of
>anything is crap?  Can you give me a citation?
>
>Jay
>Jay A. Labinger
>Beckman Institute
>California Institute of Technology
>139-74
>Pasadena, CA 91125
>tel: 818-395-6520
>fax: 818-449-4159
>
Theodore Sturgeon. He may not have been quite so polite at the time.
It's pretty well documented, I think, but I don't have chapter &
verse
on me.
>
>
Martha Bartter
Truman State University
mbartter@truman.edu
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Date: 12 Feb 1997 16:45:59 -0800
From: Michelle Kendrick 
Subject: Re: new on list
Hello,
I thought I would write a quick note to introduce myself.  I am an
assistant professor at Washington State University, Vancouver in the
program Electronic Communications and Culture.
My area of work is cultural studies of technology, specifically the
relationship between technology and subjectivity both currently
(digitally?) and historically. I work with computer pedagogies and in
multimedia authoring as well.
I've been to a couple of the Science and Lit conferences (several years
ago, as a graduate student) -- and will be at '97's, I hope.
I'm new faculty here at WSU -- I would be interested in virtually
meeting
others who are working in similar/complementary areas.
Thank you, Michelle
_______________________________________________________________
Michelle R. Kendrick
Assistant Professor of English
Washington State University
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, Washington 98686
(360)546-9645
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Date: 12 Feb 1997 17:33:16 -0800
From: Joseph Duemer 
Subject: Re: Configurations - Book Reviews
Friends--
This is all very sweet, but shouldn't it be an off list message? (Carol
to Alan).I had 43 e-mails today when I got back from two days out of
town. The internet may not be overloaded, but I am!
Joe Duemer