Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-18 Thread Reggie Bautista
David Hobby wrote: >(And just finished _Darwin's > Radio_, which mentions "RU-pentium". Groan.) Other than that pun, did you like the book? Reggie Bautista ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-18 Thread Reggie Bautista
Ronn! wrote: > HOON UNDER FIRE FROM UK WAR WIDOW The UK's defense secretary has expressed regret for the death in Iraq of a British soldier ordered to hand back his body armor because of an equipment shortage. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/16/uk.hoon/index.html I always picture

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/16/2004 8:27:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Trent, do you at least agree with the idea that books actually published as > > books have an environmental surtax, and also a higer royalty to the author > > than a book only published electronic

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Trent Shipley
> Trent, do you at least agree with the idea that books actually published as > books have an environmental surtax, and also a higer royalty to the author > than a book only published electronically. In our world or in Uplift? (Galactics *ONLY* publish books electronically.) > (It's a fad to r

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/16/2004 7:17:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > You might be onto something with the Jophur. I can't remember if any made > it > back to Civilization with info about Jijo. I think Brin arranged it so they > > didn't. Harry's ship arrive

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Trent Shipley
On Friday 2004-01-16 18:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 1/16/2004 5:17:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Unfortunately, the legal aspect is only half the problem with Alvin's > > book. > > > > The bigger and more intractable problem would be PR. >

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/16/2004 5:17:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Unfortunately, the legal aspect is only half the problem with Alvin's book. > The bigger and more intractable problem would be PR. > > -- Jophur and the like would have strongly *suspected* Hum

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Trent Shipley
On Friday 2004-01-16 09:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 1/16/2004 3:04:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The book cannot be nothing other than a success. > > > > Thereby pissing off all the septs of Jijo. In terms of GIM legal action > > the >

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread David Hobby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > > It's too good of a pun to ignore. If our good Dr. Brin didn't plan it from > the start, > then it beats the record of no one at first recognizing that RU-486 was a bad > pun. > > (Are you for 86ing the fetus?) ... Maybe. I was always more impressed with

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/16/2004 3:04:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The book cannot be nothing other than a success. > > Thereby pissing off all the septs of Jijo. In terms of GIM legal action the > > point is moot, but the Hoon will NOT be amused when Alvin b

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
From CNN Quick News this morning (Fri 16 Jan): > HOON UNDER FIRE FROM UK WAR WIDOW The UK's defense secretary has expressed regret for the death in Iraq of a British soldier ordered to hand back his body armor because of an equipment shortage. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/16/uk.ho

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Trent Shipley
On Friday 2004-01-16 00:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 1/15/2004 11:55:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Everything I'm trying to do by way of numbers, is to make Alvin filthy > > rich > > > > whether or not he really wants to be so. > > > > >

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/15/2004 11:55:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Everything I'm trying to do by way of numbers, is to make Alvin filthy rich > > whether or not he really wants to be so. > > > > William Taylor > > Why? You want the short answer or the summ

Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

2004-01-15 Thread Trent Shipley
> Everything I'm trying to do by way of numbers, is to make Alvin filthy rich > whether or not he really wants to be so. > > William Taylor Why? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l