From: djordan@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (David Jordan)
Subject: AUTO-BUY SUMMARY
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:43:08 GMT


SF readers,

Out of curiosity and avoidance of some work, I have created a
summary of the responses to the "automatic buy" lists.  In order
of the frequency with which they were mentioned and alpha order
within frequencies, the following 181 authors were mentioned by
at least one respondent as of Dec 24:

Have a good holiday
David Jordan
djordan@spartan.ac.Brocku.ca


     AUTHOR              FREQUENCY
Powers        Tim             9
Banks         Iain            7
Brin          David           7
Forward       Robert L.       6
Kurtz         Katherine       6
Niven         Larry           6
Niven & Pournelle             6
Simmons       Dan             6
Sterling      Bruce           6
Adams         Douglas         5
Bear          Greg            5
Benford       Gregory         5
Bujold        Lois McMaster   5
Ellison       Harlan          5
Heinlein      Robert          5
Kay           Guy Gavriel     5
Robinson      Kim Stanley     5
Vance         Jack            5
Varley        John            5
Blaylock      James           4
Cadigan       Pat             4
Card          Orson Scott     4
Chalker       Jack L.         4
Clark         Arthur C.       4
Gibson        William         4
McCaffrey     Anne            4
Murphy        Pat             4
Pratchett     Terry           4
Zelazny       Roger           4
Bull          Emma            3
Cherryh       C. J.           3
Cook          Glen            3
Crowley       John            3
Haldeman      Joe             3
Holdstock     Robert          3
Lafferty      R. A.           3
Martin        George R. R.    3
Resnick       Mike            3
Sheckley      Robert          3
Sheffield     Charles         3
Shepard       Lucius          3
Shiner        Lewis           3
Williams      Tad             3
Willis        Connie          3
Allen         Roger MacBride  2
Anderson      Poul            2
Bishop        Michael         2
Bova          Ben             2
Clement       Hal             2
DeLint        Charles         2
Deitz         Tom             2
Delaney       Sam             2
Duane         Diane           2
Duncan        Dave            2
Dunsany       Lord            2
Feist         Raymond E.      2
Foster        Alan Dean       2
Friedman      C.S.            2
Gerrold       David           2
Harrison      Harry           2
Hogan         James P.        2
Holt          Tom             2
Kress         Nancy           2
LeGuin        Ursula K.       2
Lovecraft     Howard Phillips 2
MacDonald     Ian             2
May           Julian          2
McKillip      Patricia        2
Pournelle     Jerry           2
Rawn          Melanie         2
Robinson      Spider          2
Rucker        Rudy            2
Saberhagen    Fred            2
Schmitz       James           2
Smith         Clark Ashton    2
Steele        Allan           2
Vinge         Vernor          2
Waldrop       Howard          2
Wolfe         Gene            2
Zahn          Timothy         2
Adams         Richard         1
Anthony       Piers           1
Asimov        Isaac           1
Asprin        Robert          1
Attanasio     A. A.           1
Bach          Richard         1
Baldwin       Bill            1
Barker        Clive           1
Barnes        John            1
Baudino       Gael            1
Baxter        Stephen         1
Bayley        Barrington      1
Biggle        Lloyd Jr.       1
Borges        Jorge Luis      1
Bradbury      Ray             1
Bryant        Ed              1
Bunch         Chris           1
Burroughs     Edgar Rice      1
Burst         S               1
Busby         P. M.           1
Carroll       Jonathan        1
Clough        Brenda          1
Cole          Alan            1
Cole & Bunch                  1
Crichton      Michael         1
Cussler       Clive           1
Dann          Jack            1
David         Peter           1
Dick          P. K.           1
Donaldson     S               1
Dozois        Gardner         1
Dress         Nancy           1
Eager         Edward          1
Egan          Doris           1
Farmer        Phillip         1
Fowler        Karen Joy       1
Gabaldon      Diana           1
Gaiman        Neil            1
Gilden        Mel             1
Gould         Steven          1
Herbert       Brian           1
Howard        Robert E.       1
Hughart       Barry           1
Jablokov      Alexander       1
Janny         Wurts           1
Jaques        Brian           1
Jeter         K. W.           1
Jordan        Robert          1
Kelley        James Patrick   1
Kennealy      Patricia        1
Kerr          Katherine       1
Kessel        John            1
King          Stephen         1
Kirstein      Rosemary        1
Kube-MacDowellMichael P.      1
Lackey        Mercedes        1
Llewellyn     Morgan          1
Longyear      Barry B.        1
Lumley        Brian           1
McCollum      Michael         1
McKiernan     Dennis L.       1
McManus       Patrick         1
Merritt       A. E.           1
Mixon         Laura           1
Modest        L. E.           1
Moffet        Judith          1
Monaco        Richard         1
Moon          Elizabeth       1
Moorcock      Michael         1
Moran         Daniel Keys     1
Palwick       Susan           1
Pern Books                    1
Perry         Steve           1
Pohl          Fred            1
Regis         Ed              1
Rice          Anne            1
Rowley        Christopher     1
Ryman         Geoff           1
Shaw          Bob             1
Shea          Robert          1
Shirley       John            1
Silverberg    Robert          1
Simak         C               1
Smith         Julie Dean      1
Smith         Gordwanner      1
Smith         L. Neil         1
Spinrad       Norman          1
Stapledon     Olaf            1
Star Trek Books               1
Sturgeon      Ted             1
Swanwick      Michael         1
Tiptree       James Jr.       1
Turner        George          1
Turtledove    Harry           1
Wilhelm       Kate            1
Williams      Walter Jon      1
Williams      Robert Anton    1
Wilson        Robert Anton    1
Wingrove      David           1
Womack        Jack            1
Yolen         Jane            1
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David Jordan                               djordan@spartan.ac.BrockU.ca
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