ttb@ihuxn.UUCP (Thomas T. Butler) (12/20/83)
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To: Gregory Parkinson
I have "The Darfsteller" in my collection and the credits read as follows:
Written by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Copyright 1955 by Street & Smith
Publications, Inc. Appeared originally in Astounding Science Fiction,
January 1955.
My copy is part of the anthology "The Hugo Winners" Copyright 1962,
edited by Isaac Asimov and published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY.
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Tom Butler
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(312) 979-7999hester.uci-750a%Rand-Relay@sri-unix.UUCP (12/21/83)
From: Jim Hester <hester.uci-750a@Rand-Relay> "The Darfsteller", is rather short for a novel, about 70 pages. It was written by Walter M. Miller Jr., and can be found in "The Best of Walter M. Miller" (Pocket Books; no editor listed) and in "The Hugo Winners vol. 1" (ed. by Isaac Asimov). The original printing was in the January 1955 issue of "Astounding Science Fiction", but you probably won't be able to find this. Hope this helps. Jim
UC.ART%MIT-EECS@sri-unix.UUCP (12/21/83)
From: Arturo Perez@MIT-EECS <UC.ART@MIT-EECS> I'm pretty sure that the story "The Darfsteller" (or was it "Darfstellar?") could be found in an anthology of Hugo winners. I know that's where I read it. I must commend you on your taste. Have Fun!
Parkinson@YALE.ARPA (12/22/83)
From: Gregory Parkinson <Parkinson@YALE.ARPA> I am looking for a story which I think is called "The Darfsteller" - it's about an actor who has been replaced by (Disneyland terms, here) audioanimatrons of famous actors, but whose acting style cannot be captured by the machines. He works as a janitor in a theatre which has been converted to use these things, and the plot thickens when a new show arrives which features the likeness of his ex-love and leading lady (whose method of acting can be captured) and used to (when it was done live) feature him. She (the wetware one) shows up for the opening and he fiddles with things and ..... I have gone through my fairly large collection of anthologies and can't find it - made the mistake of loaning it out, no doubt. If anyone can help me with the name of the author and where the story might be found I would appreciate it much. <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^>Greg Parkinson------------------- <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^>Cognitive Systems, New Haven----------- -------
LS.SRB%EE@sri-unix.UUCP (01/26/84)
From: "Stephen R. Balzac" <LS.SRB@EE> The book you want is Stranger From The Depths, by Gerry Turner.
freund@aecom.UUCP (05/06/84)
Recently, I got a hold of "The Warlock in Spite of Himself", and its sequel
"The Warlock Unlocked" both by Christopher Stasheff. Both books are
excellent and are highly rcommended to anyone who likes fantasy with
some science fiction thrown in. The copyright date for the first
book is 1969. Does anyone out there know if there are any other books in
this series, or any other books at all by this author? Thanks.
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Larry Freund
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"Good information is hard to get. Doing anything with it is even harder!"gek@ihuxj.UUCP (glenn kapetansky) (05/08/84)
The books by Chris Stasheff are good enough I thought I'd reply
to the net. Stasheff wrote The Warlock In Spite of Himself for
a contest; he missed the contest deadline, so he published it
instead. There is now a prequel, Escape Velocity, dealing with
the Romantic Emigres. It's cute. The Warlock Unlocked is great,
all the charm of tWiSoH but with all the rough edges smoothed.
Between the two is King Kobold, which is a bomb. Even Stasheff
admits it, 'cause when it came up for re-release he insisted on
a rewrite. I'm glad he did. I read King Kobold Revived yesterday,
and it's now better than EV, not as good as tWU. Her Majesty's
Warlock, or some such title, is mentioned in the inside cover of tWU,
but I haven't seen it in the shops. I wish I did; it promises to
be a winner. There IS one other story, A Wizard In Bedlam. It is
set once Magnus is grown, and not on Gramarye. It's good, but I'd
rank it below EV.
So if you ignore KK in favor of KKR, everything by Stasheff rates at
least good.
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glenn kapetansky
"If I only had a brain"
...ihnp4!ihu1j!gek chuqui@nsc.UUCP (05/10/84)
Try 'Escape Velocity'. It is a prequel to the Warlock books and discusses hjow
the society comes about. I think there is another book, either a revised
version of the second book or a new one who's name I've suddenly forgotten.
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Half asleep I hear a voice; is it only in my mind?
Or is it someone calling me, someone I failed and left behind?jmike@uokvax.UUCP (05/11/84)
#R:aecom:-56600:uokvax:5400059:000:154 uokvax!jmike May 11 08:04:00 1984 . gee i thought it was a science fiction with fantasy thrown in... i guess it all depends on your perspective. mike ..ctvax!uokvax!jmike
cca@pur-phy.UUCP (Charles C. Allen) (05/22/84)
I believe the sequence is: ???? - a prequel, forget the name... "The Warlock in Spite of Himself" "The Warlock Unlocked" "King Kobold" The prequel (which I have cleverly forgotten the name of) is the latest, but has been out for several months at least. Just look around. Charlie Allen
@RUTGERS.ARPA:SEARS%hp-thor.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (02/13/85)
From: Bart <SEARS%hplabs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> I am looking for the title and author of a book that I read about 12 years ago. I think the title was something like "The ______ Mind" where the blank may be "Expanded". It was about a man who could transfer his mind into animals. He was an agent for some organization. While he was on a space ship he was practicing puting his mind in a dog and there was one scene where he was looking at himself through the dog's eyes. When he was caught, he put himself in the mind of a bird and tapped S O S on someone's window to get help. Also, once when he was about to be tortured he transfered his mind into a swarm of bees (there was nothing else near by). Any help with locating this book would be appreciated. Bart Sears%hp-labs@csnet-relay.arpa -------
@RUTGERS.ARPA:QUINT@RU-BLUE.ARPA (02/19/85)
From: Anne Marie Quint [/amqueue] <quint@RU-BLUE.ARPA>
The book you are remembering is Mindkiller by Spider Robinson.
One chapter appeared in Omni as mentioned under the title God is an Iron.
Mindkiller came out within the past 3 years, (I don't have a copy, so
can't give copyright), so I am not surprised that you remember the
plot so well.
enjoy
/amqueue
-------@RUTGERS.ARPA:malloy@nprdc (04/19/85)
From: malloy@nprdc (Sean Malloy)
The novel 'Their Majesty's Bucketeers' by L. Neil Smith is a
book essentially completely about an alien species (there is a short
narrative preface tying it into his North American Confederacy novels
that can easily be ignored, which bears no connection to the events in
the book) that I recommend highly. The lamviin of Sodde Lydfe are an
interestingly alien race.
Sean Malloy@RUTGERS.ARPA:jpa144@cit-vax (05/09/85)
From: jpa144@cit-vax (Jens Peter Alfke) There may be several books that have time flowing backwards in the manner you describe (I have seen at least one other short story), but the only book I've ever seen using the idea is _Counter-Clock_World_ by Philip K. Dick. In contradiction to all the nice effects you described (order coming from head, negative entropy, etc.), the books is actually rather depressing. Life (and human society) can be looked at as running counter to entropy; so not only do people regress to infanthood as they near death (this some- times happens in our world), but all of mankind's inventions and creations are slowly disappearing. The task of libraries is to, at the proper time, destroy all copies of books, works of art, patents . . . I'm not claiming that this is your book, but it could be. --Peter Alfke [jpa144@cit-vax]