Re: Brin: Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
In a message dated 11/2/2003 2:11:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Other people also wrote comments, but they > > forgot to put the Brin: in the subject line O:-) > > > Were any of them useful? The mistake was mine, I > suppose, in the first place. > > d And I did: Subj:Re: ON TAP or BOTTLE "Br!n update" Date: 11/1/2003 5:29:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Killer Bs Discussion) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 11/1/2003 5:20:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > d.brin wrote: > > > If your large organization needs a speaker, drop by > > www.davidbrin.com/speaker. > > Needs to be www.davidbrin.com/speaker.html Without html you can't Hit The Mother Lode. So I can answer, yes I answered, yes I knew I had left Brin out of the subject line, and yes I knew that the message was not useful. Perhaps not even funny. Making it funnier to make this message in all seriousness. William Taylor - May "That which does not kill me" enrich you more than the lawyer standing next to you. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
Just typos: On 1 Nov 2003, at 10:44 pm, d.brin wrote: species has been tested by tee best game-players and at scientific conferences! For 'tee' should be 'the' ? -- William T Goodall and d.brin wrote: If your large organization needs a speaker, drop by www.davidbrin.com/speaker. Needs to be www.davidbrin.com/speaker.html __ Steve Sloan -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Davd Brin wrote: > > > > Thanks... and thank Alberto for me. > > > Other people also wrote comments, but they > forgot to put the Brin: in the subject line O:-) Were any of them useful? The mistake was mine, I suppose, in the first place. d ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
Davd Brin wrote: > > Thanks... and thank Alberto for me. > Other people also wrote comments, but they forgot to put the Brin: in the subject line O:-) Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
--- Jon, Thanks... and thank Alberto for me. db Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Other authors may have hifalutin "fan clubs". I > just keep a long list of > >people who seem lively and interested in the > Future. I'll only get in > >touch once or twice a year. > > The more generally accepted spelling is " > highfalutin", but I'll chalk that > up to creative license. :-) > > IMHO, it also might not be a bad idea to mention > that Tomorrow Happens is > out. (especially since the forward was written by > Vernor Vinge and it > included that great Verne-esque short story you > collaborated on with Gregory > Benford) > > One small item I'm dying to find out about: "Kil'n > Time" (and Pallie). I > suppose that'll have to wait for a later update, > huh? *sigh* > > Otherwise, it sounds great! > > Jon > > > Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com > > _ > Never get a busy signal because you are always > connected with high-speed > Internet access. Click here to comparison-shop > providers. > https://broadband.msn.com > > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Brin: Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
Other authors may have hifalutin "fan clubs". I just keep a long list of people who seem lively and interested in the Future. I'll only get in touch once or twice a year. The more generally accepted spelling is " highfalutin", but I'll chalk that up to creative license. :-) IMHO, it also might not be a bad idea to mention that Tomorrow Happens is out. (especially since the forward was written by Vernor Vinge and it included that great Verne-esque short story you collaborated on with Gregory Benford) One small item I'm dying to find out about: "Kil'n Time" (and Pallie). I suppose that'll have to wait for a later update, huh? *sigh* Otherwise, it sounds great! Jon Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com _ Never get a busy signal because you are always connected with high-speed Internet access. Click here to comparison-shop providers. https://broadband.msn.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: DRAFT "Brin: update"
> Hi folks. I am sending out this draft of my annual (or semi) Author > Update. Let me know if anything looks seriously awkward or seems to > be missing, before I send it off to several thousand people who > asked to be put on my notification list. Maybe you could add that GURPS Uplift includes some texts of this next novel [it even gives the name "Jijo Ascendant" for it :-)] > A note to GAMERS! Steve Jackson Games and Stefan Jones have > re-issued (by popular demand) the legendary role playing system > "GURPS Uplift", much expanded over the version that was going for > $100+ on eBay! Its unique system for creating new alien species has > been tested by tee best game-players and at scientific conferences! > For details see: www.io.com/~stefanj or > www.io.com/~stefanj/uplift_gateway_home.html These are not the "official" sjgames page, which is... http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/Uplift/ > But yes, a priority has to go to novels! So, guess where I'll be > returning next? > > Hint... they swim. They talk. They fly :-))) Too obvious :-) Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
On 1 Nov 2003, at 10:44 pm, d.brin wrote: species has been tested by tee best game-players and at scientific conferences! For 'tee' should be 'the' ? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." - Bjarne Stroustrup ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
d.brin wrote: If your large organization needs a speaker, drop by www.davidbrin.com/speaker. Needs to be www.davidbrin.com/speaker.html __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama => [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: DRAFT "Brin update"
In a message dated 11/1/2003 4:47:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hint... they swim. They talk. They fly Hang gliding dolphins? William Taylor - Kiwi Halogen Productions Ltd. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
DRAFT "Brin update"
Hi folks. I am sending out this draft of my annual (or semi) Author Update. Let me know if anything looks seriously awkward or seems to be missing, before I send it off to several thousand people who asked to be put on my notification list. Thanks! And good luck all. With cordial regards, David Brin www.davidbrin.com == A SEMI-ANNUAL UPDATE ABOUT BOOKS (and other interesting stuff) ..FROM DAVID BRIN Hello there. You're receiving this because you expressed some level of interest in the works of David Brin - either via www.davidbrin.com/ or by direct mail. Other authors may have hifalutin "fan clubs". I just keep a long list of people who seem lively and interested in the Future. I'll only get in touch once or twice a year. TO BE REMOVED from this list, reply with "REMOVE" in your subject line. If you get *multiple copies* - reply to the one you don't want. Type "REMOVE THIS ONE" in the subject line. NEWS & UPDATES: ANNOUNCING the arrival in bookstores of my big new graphic novel - The Life Eaters! This lavish 144 page hardcover - published by DC/Wildstorm - extends vividly into a full-length saga one of my classic novellas (runner-up for a Hugo Award) called "Thor Meets Captain America", a dark but ultimately uplifting tale - offering chillingly plausible insight to what the Nazis might have really been up to, during World War II. If you haven't been tracking the incredible advance of graphic novels lately, they sure aren't 'comic books' any more. Critics are already calling Life Eaters 'the biggest thing to happen in the graphic novels since Watchmen or The Dark Knight' ! It was a fascinating experience, writing a detailed script, then supervising artists (like the great Scott Hampton) as well as producers, designers, letterers... very much like directing a mini-movie! Look for The Life Eaters in bookstores during the coming month. . (Note. Some bookstores don't fully-stock graphic novels, so ask at the store... or consider getting this one online. To order SIGNED first editions, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/) - Something quirky is going on with KILN PEOPLE! The novel came in second for this year's Hugo Award... and the Locus Award... and the John W. Campbell Award... not to mention the Arthur C. Clarke Award... in each case following a different first place finisher! Now mind you, that variety of winners is a good thing, expressing distinct priorities and tastes of the different panels, with different standards of what constitutes a great novel - some of them emphasizing plot and others 'literary value,' for example. That's fine. Diversity is one of the strengths of science fiction, the genre of exploration and wonder. So should I feel good that KILN PEOPLE was the universal second choice across such a wide range of tastes? Sure thing! Look at it this way -- if you have time to read two science fiction novels this year, now you know which book is guaranteed. "Kiln People is either the most hilarious serious novel or the most serious humorous novel I have read, possibly both!" - Vernor Vinge (Signed hardcovers of Kiln People can be ordered direct via: http://www.davidbrin.com/offers.html) Be sure and drop by www.davidbrin.com/ now and then! No, I don't update as regularly as some people. (No time for blogs!) The 'news' section may go a month or two between revisions. But BOY is the site packed with content, ranging from free story downloads and sample chapters to some wild and woolly speculations about the next century, to fan-generated art and philanthropic projects all the way to my infamous essays about Star Wars and Tolkien... and so on. If your large organization needs a speaker, drop by www.davidbrin.com/speaker. I may be a bit too expensive for many groups, so I'm also helping the Science Fiction Writers of America to develop a "speaker's bureau for futurists and SF authors". We would welcome experienced volunteers willing to help set one up. It can't hurt to get more voices out there talking up tomorrow. - A note to GAMERS! Steve Jackson Games and Stefan Jones have re-issued (by popular demand) the legendary role playing system "GURPS Uplift", much expanded over the version that was going for $100+ on eBay! Its unique system for creating new alien species has been tested by tee best game-players and at scientific conferences! For details see: www.io.
