Leban%hplabs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (09/08/84)
From: Bruce <Leban%hplabs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> I get tired of reading messages which say: The title of that story was "Bedtime for Alpha Centauri". without any reference to what story this is the title of. I also get tired of reading /multiple/ messages, all of which repeat the original message and then say: The title of that story was "Franchise" by Isaac Asimov. I would like to suggest that responses to title requests (et al) be sent off net with the requester obligated to post a response giving the answer(s) [and the question] at some future time. Of course, this doesn't apply to all those fun messages answering questions about the next Star Wars film or whatever, since there are no "real" answers. If you don't like this idea, please reply off net and I will post responses. -------
@RUTGERS.ARPA:FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA (04/27/85)
From: FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA Hogan's short story is called Silver Shoes for a Princess and was published in Destinies, Vol 1 No 5, Oct/Dec 1979. Judging by the copyright notice, that was the first publication. The story where everyone lives "the same day" over and over seemed familiar to me, and Mr Ayres' description is accurate. It is Algis Budrys: The End of Summer Astounding Science Fiction, Vol XI No 4, April 1955 (at least, that was the British Edition publication). The plot is "The generator broadcast a signal which enabled body cells to repair themselves with one hundred percent perfection. ... But, of course, that included brain cells. ... Amnesia was the price of immortality." Robert Firth -------