[ont.uucp] tentative Ontario SF group

henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (11/20/85)

Since there is local interest in a science fiction newsgroup, and much of
Ontario no longer gets net.sf-lovers due to the utzoo newsgroup cuts, I
have tentatively created ont.sf-lovers.  The ont groups are sketchy enough
that we don't really have any obvious place to hold a temporary discussion
to assess traffic volume, and in any case I don't think we need to be as
formal about local newsgroups as for the netwide groups.  I suggest that
in three months or so, the usefulness of ont.sf-lovers should be reassessed;
I will raise the issue then if nobody else does.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) (11/21/85)

     Well, to start off a discussion, just to see how many people are
reading this group at all, I'll start by just asking if anyone knows
anything about Heinlein's latest book?  The one *after* "Job" which
itself just came out in paperback.  I'm hoping everyone who reads
this at all will post something on this question or *any* other,
just so we can see how many people sign up at all.

                                    Cheers! -- Jim O.

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chris@aquila.UUCP (chris) (11/22/85)

	I have just seen the ads for Heinlein's new book.
I sure hope it is as good as Friday (that is, better than
Job or The Number of the Beast).

	Although this has nothing to do with SF, has anyone
gotten the November issue of Astronomy? My subscription ran out
and I didn't renew because they had my new address for 6 monthes
and still wanted to send to the old address! The bookstores up here
(Yonge + Eglinton) haven't gotten it it yet. With Halley's visible
sometime this month I was looking forward to this issue.

		Chris Retterath
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tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (11/23/85)

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I don't really have anything to add myself to the discussion of
Heinlein's THE CAT WHO COULD WALK THROUGH walls, but I happened
to be at Bakka, the Toronto SF specialty store, and overheard
a debate on the books merits between Hugo-winner Mike Glicksohn
and the lovely manager of the store, Naiomi Kane.  Both seemed
to feel it was a disappointment, but, as Ford Prefect would say,
Glicksohn doubly so.

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					Tom Nadas

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henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (11/24/85)

Ahem, folks, please edit the ",ont.uucp" *out* of the headers when posting
contributions to ont.sf-lovers as followups.  ont.uucp is not the right
place for discussion of Heinlein's books.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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