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From: mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org (Michael Wallis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Convention Supplies
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 23:52:46 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Fidonet/UseNet - +1 415 968 8140

system@kryton.UUCP (Scott Beckstead) writes:

> Literaly it means "water of fans"  I beleive the phrase would 
> L'aire du fen  for odor of fans.  Water of fans leaves me with an image I'd
> rather not contemplate.

No no no ... the "water of fans" is that "interesting" colour of water one
finds in the jacuzzi on Sunday afternoon of a con, known in the MidWest
as "Cream of Fan Soup".

        8-)

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mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org - Michael Wallis
From: ronni@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: HUGO Winners?? Urgent
Date: 7 Sep 92 19:38:59 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

If anybody knows for sure the HUGO award winners list,
please write them to this newsgroup or mail them to me.
I'm also very interested to know whether Glasgow won 
the bid for the WorldCon '95. 
We would like to publish the news in our Finnish 
SF-magazine Aikakone.

I'd need the information as soon as possible.
All help is appreciated.

Cheers,

Tapani Ronni
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Convention Supplies
From: ace@kryton.UUCP (Catherine Beckstead)
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 13:26:30 PDT
Organization: Paradox Alley F&SF BBS 805-492-8789

blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum) writes:

> In article <krikket.7503@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. '
> >
> >Excuse me while I show my ignorance, but would you translate "eau du fen" to
> >Americian English? (Or at least the "eau du" part...)  :)
> >
> I guess since fen is the canonical plural form of fan, "eau du fen" would mea
> the odor of fans.  Or something to that effect.

Well actually that would be "water of fans".   I think what the person was
looking for would be "l'odeur des fen".


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"Do you want to argue with a can of deodorant that registers
NINE on the Richter scale?"        --Ace, in "Dragonfire"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
From: jvte@cs.few.eur.nl (Jan van 't Ent)
Subject: Re: con reports
Organization: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:29:53 GMT

lmann@jjmhome.UUCP (Laurie Mann) writes in reply to dee@ranger.enet.dec.com
(Donald E. Eastlake, III):
>> Mike Van Pelt, mvp@hsv3.lsil.com writes:
>> >You need adequate soundproofing between rooms.  A constant problem is
>> >when the "ballrooms" are split up, ...
>> This did not seem to be a problem, at least in the major halls, at
>> Magicon. ... 
>> Did anyone notice problem in the function rooms that were split by single 
>> air walls?
>Occasional laughter (which is expected) but nothing major.  The convention
>center seemed quite well-constructed with regard to sound issues.

Agreed, some panels could even be followed quite well while the doors to
the (fairly busy) hallway were open.  Only the readings in the Clarion
sometimes suffered a bit when the next-door author told something funny
(laughter) or finished somewhat earlier (applause), but otherwise the
airconditioning kicking in was the only external noise (and no, I
probably didn't want to do without that).

<Jan>
vantent@CVX.eur.nl - Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam - Netherlands
From: Laurie Mann
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Amanda Baker (Cambridge U, UK), please send me E-mail
Date: 14 Sep 92 12:46:55 GMT
Reply-To: lmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com

My response to your E-mail bounced back with the
"unparseable address" message.  Could you please send
me E-mail, with another version of your
E-mail address?  Thanks.

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**********    Member of the cultural elite and PROUD!  **********
From: mab@buphy.bu.edu (Michael Burstein)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: WANTED:Asimov autobiography
Date: 13 Sep 92 21:50:31 GMT
Organization: Boston University Physics Department

In article <rgarza-110992173528@mac143.civil.nwu.edu> rgarza@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Brad Spachman) writes:
>IN GOOD CONDITION (hardcover), please let me know via e-mail.
>
>I also heard rumors that he was going to have a third volume to cover the
>years after 1974. Any news?

Asimov finished the third volume of his autobiography while in the
hospital, and currently the plans are for Doubleday to publish it
sometime in 1993.  The only title I heard quoted (in Locus) was "I,
Asimov," which, although a cute takeoff on "I, Robot," makes no sense.
Asimov titled the first volume "In Memory Yet Green," and the second one
"In Joy Still Felt," because these are lines from a poem he quoted at
the beginning. he intended to call the third one "The Scenes of Life,"
but I guess he really doesn't have any control over that now.

Anyway, for those of you who are interested, the poem (author anonymous)
goes like this:

In memory yet green,/In joy still felt,/The scenes of life/Rise sharply
into view./We triumph,/Time's disasters are undealt,/And while all else
is old/The world is new.

-- 
Michael A. Burstein
Physics Department, Boston University         mab@buphy.bu.edu
590 Commonwealth Ave.                         (617) 353-9437 (o)
Boston, MA 02215                              (617) 735-9433 (h)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
From: king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist)
Subject: Re: Convention Supplies
Reply-To: king@rtsg.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:22:16 GMT

system@kryton.UUCP (Scott Beckstead) publicly declared:
>blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum) writes:
>>In article <krikket.7503@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. '
>>>Excuse me while I show my ignorance, but would you translate "eau du fen" to
>>>Americian English? (Or at least the "eau du" part...)  :)
>>>
>>I guess since fen is the canonical plural form of fan, "eau du fen" would mea
>>the odor of fans.  Or something to that effect.
>
>Literaly it means "water of fans"  I beleive the phrase would 
>L'aire du fen  for odor of fans.  Water of fans leaves me with an image I'd
>rather not contemplate.

"Odor of fans" is what I meant, though seeing's how the odor came
primarily from sweat "water of fans" is also appropriate.

Not meant to be a comment on the hygiene of fandom!  Rather, a comment
on the inadequacy of the facilities.  There were usually a lot of
bodies packed into one small, unventilated room.  It got warm.  People
sweated.  People spilled bheer.  Frankly, it stank.

There was a second consuite for the smokers.  That one merely smelled
like the inside of an ashtray, but I guess that was to be expected.

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From: lib1p@rosie.uh.edu (Tammy Stark Blandino)
Subject: Re: Confrancisco e-mail address
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 22:29:00 GMT

In article <BuDpMK.JJp@taligent.com>, cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus) writes...
>Could someone forward to me the Confrancisco e-mail address?  Thanks!

me too!

Tammy
lib1p@jetson.uh.edu
From: fafhrd@clubzen.fidonet.org (David Medinnus)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Baycon Rumor
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 15:25:20 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Fidonet/UseNet - +1 415 968 8140

My understanding is that there will be more Baycons, although under what 
auspices are not currently clear. if for no other reason that I have a 
hard time believing that Michael Siladi will let it die.

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
From: kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch)
Subject: Re: 1995 Worldcon
Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 04:43:33 GMT

Glasgow has won the 1995 Worldcon, "Intersection", 24-28 August.
Guests of honor will be Samuel R. Delany and Gerry Anderson.
The addresses are:
Theresa Renner, Box 15430, Washington DC 20003, USA
Bernie Evans, 121 Cape Hill, Smethwick, Warley, West Midlands B66 4SH, UK

Atlanta will host the 1995 NASFiC.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
From: Donald E. Eastlake, III <dee@ranger.enet.dec.com>
Subject: Re: con reports
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:23:31 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.015721.24771@hsv3.lsil.com> Mike Van Pelt,
mvp@hsv3.lsil.com writes:
>You need adequate soundproofing between rooms.  A constant problem is
>when the "ballrooms" are split up, and movie trailers are being shown
>in one of the parts while a panel attempts to shout above the din in
>the other.

This did not seem to be a problem, at least in the major halls, at
Magicon.  The 
film program was in A1/A2 and other main events in A3/A4/A5 with
hardly any
sound leakage through the heavy double air walls.  Did anyone notice
problem
in the function rooms that were split by single air walls?

Donald
From: blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Convention Supplies
Date: 7 Sep 92 15:26:18 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <krikket.7503@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. 'krikket' Krick) writes:
>
>Excuse me while I show my ignorance, but would you translate "eau du fen" to
>Americian English? (Or at least the "eau du" part...)  :)
>
I guess since fen is the canonical plural form of fan, "eau du fen" would mean
the odor of fans.  Or something to that effect.

Regards,

-- 
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--    Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.  --
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 1992 21:39:02 -0400 
From: Eli Brian Goldberg <eg1n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Ignore my last message...

....it's taken care (Kare?) of.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
From: wsu@quip.eecs.umich.edu (William P. Su)
Subject: E-mail to ConClave
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Distribution: mi
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:12:38 GMT

Does anyone have an e-mail address for ConClave, the October
con in SE Michigan?


-- 
BillSu
wsu@dip.eecs.umich.edu
From: lmann@jjmhome.UUCP (Laurie Mann)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: con reports
Date: 13 Sep 92 12:20:44 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.172331.10329@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, dee@ranger.enet.dec.com (Donald E. Eastlake, III) writes:
> In article <1992Aug18.015721.24771@hsv3.lsil.com> Mike Van Pelt,
> mvp@hsv3.lsil.com writes:
> >You need adequate soundproofing between rooms.  A constant problem is
> >when the "ballrooms" are split up, and movie trailers are being shown
> >in one of the parts while a panel attempts to shout above the din in
> This did not seem to be a problem, at least in the major halls, at
> Magicon.  The film program was in A1/A2 and other main events in 
> A3/A4/A5 with hardly any sound leakage through the heavy double air walls.  

During the Coppola talk last Saturday, we had some sound leakage in
A1/A2 because a techie decided it was a good time to blast some
chain-saw-like noises from the sound board in A3/A4/A5.  (And, no, his
very rude response to being told to stop was NOT heard in A1/A2.)
Other than that, no problems.

> Did anyone notice problem in the function rooms that were split by single 
> air walls?

Occasional laughter (which is expected) but nothing major.  The convention
center seemed quite well-constructed with regard to sound issues.

**    lmann@jjmhome.uucp  **  AOL:  lauriemann@aol.com     **
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From: fafhrd@clubzen.fidonet.org (David Medinnus)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Any more BayCons?
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 16:20:26 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Fidonet/UseNet - +1 415 968 8140

mvp@hsv3.lsil.com (Mike Van Pelt) writes:

> In article <1992Sep4.015929.7213@hsv3.lsil.com> mvp@hsv3.lsil.com (Mike Van P
> >I heard an awful rumor this weekend...
> >The rumor was that there are not likely to be any more BayCons, because
> >tax forms for the last three or four BayCons have not been done.  In
> >fact, the IRS told them not to have the last one, and they're in deep
> >kim-chee for going ahead with it anyway.
> >
> >I certainly hope this is not true -- anyone know for sure?
> 
> And, as it turns out, it isn't true.  (Thank goodness!)  I just got off
> the phone with Kelly James, head of BayCon Publicity, and she said that
> BayCon had some problems with tax returns over a year ago, but that had
> all been cleared up well before the 1992 BayCon.  The completely
> unrelated TimeConfusionCon folded, and rumors of BayCon's demise began
> within a week.  However, everything's OK with BayCon as far as she
> knows, and she's in a position to know.
> -- 
> Mike Van Pelt       | "I am too controlled, I am too clear, I am too 
> LSI Logic/Headland  |     mature to be angry."  -- Jesse Jackson.
> mvp@hsv3.lsil.com   | [Clear?  I didn't even know he was into Dianetics.]
> sun!indetech!hsv3!mvp

Mike - The fact of the matter is that Artistic Solutions has NOT paid is 
corporate taxes and been restored as a valid state corporation yet. I 
checked with the California State Board of Corporations.

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From: mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org (Michael Wallis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom,alt.fandom.cons
Subject: Re: Confrancisco e-mail address
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 10:52:39 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Fidonet/UseNet - +1 415 968 8140

cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus) writes:

> Could someone forward to me the Confrancisco e-mail address?  Thanks!

                        ConFrancisco
                        712 Bancroft Rd, Suite 1993
                        Walnut Creek, CA
                        USA   94598
                        (510) 945-1993
                        confrancisco@tgv.com

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From: rcampb@janis.cac.washington.edu (Russ Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom,alt.fandom.cons
Subject: Re: Confrancisco e-mail address
Date: 11 Sep 92 15:18:49 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: UW Information Systems

In article <BuDpMK.JJp@taligent.com>, cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus) writes:
> Could someone forward to me the Confrancisco e-mail address?  Thanks!
> --
> -- Christophe
> 
> "Black is the color of non-conformity.  Everyone has to have it."
> 	T-shirt company executive

Better yet, post it so we can all see it.

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Convention Supplies
From: system@kryton.UUCP (Scott Beckstead)
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 23:31:25 PDT
Organization: Paradox Alley F&SF BBS 805-492-8789

blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum) writes:

> In article <krikket.7503@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. '
> >
> >Excuse me while I show my ignorance, but would you translate "eau du fen" to
> >Americian English? (Or at least the "eau du" part...)  :)
> >
> I guess since fen is the canonical plural form of fan, "eau du fen" would mea
> the odor of fans.  Or something to that effect.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> William Blum              * FIAWOL: Fandom Is A Way Of Life
> blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu  * Member, National Association of Rocketry
> turk182@delphi.com        * Aspiring Science Fiction Author
> --    Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.  

Literaly it means "water of fans"  I beleive the phrase would 
L'aire du fen  for odor of fans.  Water of fans leaves me with an image I'd
rather not contemplate.
Scott


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Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
From: rgarza@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Brad Spachman)
Subject: WANTED:Asimov autobiography
Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Organization: Northwestern University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:23:04 GMT

I have been desperately seeking both volumes of Isaac's autobiography for
the past couple of years.  Now that he's dead, I feel even worse that I
don't have them yet.  If anyone out there has knowledge of copies for sale
IN GOOD CONDITION (hardcover), please let me know via e-mail.

I also heard rumors that he was going to have a third volume to cover the
years after 1974. Any news?

Brad Spachman
c/o rgarza@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
"I go to pieces so fast, people get hit by the shrapnel"
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From: rgb@LIBSERVER.CANBERRA.EDU.AU (Robert Birtles)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re:  SF-LOVERS Digest   V17 #446
Date: 13 Sep 92 20:33:59 GMT



D
From: dpn2@po.CWRU.Edu (Damien P. Neil)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: _Oracle_, by Mike Resnick (spoilers!)
Date: 12 Sep 1992 14:42:15 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dpn2@po.CWRU.Edu (Damien P. Neil)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, REBECCA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Rebecca Drayer) says:

>In what book/series did Teela Brown appear?  I'm not familiar with the name.

Teela Brown appeared in _Ringworld_ and _The Ringworld Engineers_ by Larry
Nivan. Both of these books are, IMHO, excellent. If you have not read them,
and like sci-fi, do so. The concept of the Ringworld is staggering...
-- 
+-------------+------------------+---------------------------------+
| Damien Neil | dpn2@po.cwru.edu | Case Western Reserve University |
+-------------+------------------+---------------------------------+
From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: ARISTOI: Walter Jon Williams
Date: 15 Sep 92 01:45:43 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

quasar@ctt.bellcore.com (Laurence R. Brothers):
>Meanwhile, a couple of questions: can anyone give a plausible
>explanation or etymology of the terms "mataglap" (destructive runaway
>nanotech) and "reno" (an intelligent brain implant interface to the network).

Nothing simpler:  'Mataglap' is eponymous and 'reno' is an acronym.
How's that for plausible?

It's a pleasure to have had an opportunity to be helpful.

-- Dani Zweig
From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Carve the Sky, by Alexander Jablokov
Date: 12 Sep 92 00:01:56 GMT
Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed.
NNTP-Posting-Host: asp.cs.berkeley.edu

In article <BuFqu8.K4y@math.uwaterloo.ca> gamiddle@math.uwaterloo.ca (Guy Middleton) writes:
>
>The book is the story of a quest for a missing piece of art, and research
>into the last days of the century's greatest sculptor.  Very well written,
>with convincing characters, believeble technology, and (to me, at least) a
>healthy respect for art and artists.  Well worth reading.

Indeed.

_Carve The Sky_ is one convincing refutation to that bloke who
was arguing that Bujold keeps winning the Hugo because she
really is the best writer around, and all the lit people are
just degenerate pomo trash.  

If you like clear, plain writing in sf, read Jablokov; it's
been done better, but not often.

c
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
From: jen@athena.mit.edu (Jennifer Hawthorne)
Subject: Re: HUGO Awards?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:51:05 GMT

In article <18j62kINNkkj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ca572@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark L. Stackpole) writes:
>
>Hugo Winners - 1992
>
>NOVEL - Bujold - _Barrayar_ (Baen)
>SHORT STORY - Landis - "A Walk in the Sun"

>I couldn't stand the book which Bujold won the Hugo for in 1989
>(_Falling Free_). In fact that book single-handedly (or quadrup-
>pled-handedly) cured me of any illusions that fen voting =
>value & worth. 
>

Well, Barrayar was considerably more worthy than Falling Free (IMHO),
but I find myself agreeing with you about the value of fen voting
because of "A Walk in the Sun" winning in Short Story.  This story was
easily the worst of the seven nominees (again, IMHO. No flaming
please.) It was poorly written and had paper-thin characters and
brainless situations, the problems with which have been hashed over at
length here on the net.   

Connie Willis was robbed.

Jen H.
From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Good writing (was Re: Piers Anthony)
Date: 15 Sep 1992 00:22:06 GMT
Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed.
NNTP-Posting-Host: rattler.cs.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Sep14.224831.12090@spss.com> markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder) writes:
|In article <1992Sep14.210619.8095@pbhyc.PacBell.COM> djdaneh@PacBell.COM (Dan'l DanehyOakes) writes:
|>In article <192i6fINN808@agate.berkeley.edu> curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes:
|>>If we're to get anywhere in this argument, we'd best have a definition of
|>>"good" and "bad" writing.
|>
|>How about:  "Good writing (in fiction) is writing which communicates 
|>effectively, entertains, and does not insult the reader's intelligence."
|>
|>Go ahead, shoot it down, folks. . .
|
|For one thing, I wouldn't limit the purpose of writing to "entertainment."
|Authors may also want to edify, to outrage, to disturb, to puzzle, to 
|challenge, to indulge themselves, to create pity and terror.

All of which, except the penultimate, are entertaining.  Or we wouldn't read
them, would we?  Like, duh.

c
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Subject: Re: L.E. Modessit Jr. Time Divers?
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 06:32:42 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

sdt8s@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Tilson):
>I've read LE Modessit Jr.'s _The Fires of Paratime_ ...

>1. Am I the only person who liked this book? (Fires..., I mean.)

It's not a bad early work, but it's far from being his best.  He got better.

>2. Is this other book (can't recall the title, it's got a guy
>on the cover in a sort of non-biker leather outfit, possibly
>with a pony-tail swinging dramatically behind him) any good?

I thought it was so-so.

>3. Does it deal with events that occur before or after those of Fires?

Long before -- the founding of the Corps.  By Sammis et al.

>4. Has LEM Jr. written any other books about the Temporal
>Guard, Query, the time divers, etc.?

No.  Though his various books take place in 'overlapping' universes that
borrow plot elements and milieus from each other.

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