JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA (07/09/85)
From: "Franz Mark"@LLL-MFE.ARPA
We attended the WESTERCON 38 SF convention held in Sacramento, CA, over
the July 4th weekend. At WESTERCON we talked with Jerry Pournelle about
why he never contributed to the SF-LOVERS bb since he had an account at
MIT-MC. He said his account at MIT-MC was terminated by some "graduate
student" in charge of accounting, who felt he did not have a need for an
account. He knows who this "graduate student" is, and he refuses to grovel
so that his account is reinstated. However, he asked us to broadcast this
little story - presumably so that MIT-MC will come to him.
BTW - if you ever get a chance to meet Jerry Pournelle, you will not be
dissappointed. Sequel to FOOTFALL:-)
HARPANET FOR PRESIDENT,
HUSENET FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
Also planned is a sequel (and a prequel) to THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.
WESTERCON 38 was run very well. In addition to Jerry, we spent several hours
talking with Greg Bear, Norman Spinrad, Robert Adams, James P. Hogan, Larry
Niven, John Brunner, and David Brin.