msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) (06/29/90)
From: Mark Brader <msb@sq.com> > That should be Janes, there is no apostrophe. It is actually a man's > name (Ted Janes if my memory serves me correctly) who started publishing the > book at the end of the last century. It's Jane's. The man was Fred(erick) T(homas) Jane, 1865-1916. Reference: The Science-Fiction Encyclopedia. (Huh?) He also wrote some SF, including one of the first stories to use matter transmission: "To Venus in Five Seconds" (1895). (Oh.) -- Mark Brader I've always wanted to be a mad scientist! SoftQuad Inc., Toronto Or perhaps just mad! utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com -- Robert L. Biddle
billd@uunet.UU.NET (William Daul) (03/13/91)
From: infmx!billd@uunet.UU.NET (William Daul) Does anyone have the address for the Jane's office? What literature (products) do they produce for the general public? Thanks, --Bi(( p.s. While I am asking queries...what is the address for the Center for Defense Informaion and what do they produce for general consumption (no pun intended!)?