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From: glreno@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Gerald Reno)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: PBS & SCIFI CHANNELS
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:42:46 GMT
Organization: The Great Beyond

In article <1992Aug18.225745.13547@wam.umd.edu> mrmuon@next15pg2.wam.umd.edu (Eli John Hawkins) writes:
>
>   Note that navigation worked _perfectly_ during the key to time season.  
>I figure Romana did some repairs at the same time she put that hole in the  
>console (the tracer interface).

I think that it may have just been:
1) the TARDIS runs better with a two-member crew (It was designed for six,
   after all) or
2) Romana was a better pilot
From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Subject: Big Bang: Terminus vs. Slipback
Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 07:24:18 GMT

Having seen Terminus again, I can finally get around to posting this question.
In The Terrestrial Index (p. 125) it says "...Slipback -- whose story is
unlikely to be part of the official Whoniverse, if only because it contradicts
the events told in the televised story 6G [Terminus]." My question is: does
it really contradict the story? I was under the impression that the Doctor
GUESSED that the jettisoned fuel was the catalyst for the big bang and that
he really wasn't sure. If he is sure then only one of the two stories can
be correct and obviously the one to go with is Terminus.

Assuming that Terminus is not responsible for the big bang, where would
Slipback fit into the story line? Guesses are welcome.

Tom

Tune in next week to see how the Doctor deals with crappy video production
in "The Macravision Terror"!
From: ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: In defence of the 6th doctor
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:35:50 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <1992Aug14.114859.18252@walter.cray.com> rl@ferris.cray.com (Randy Lambertus) writes:
>In article <1992Aug14.152400.27966@news.ysu.edu> ae007@yfn.ysu.edu (Daniel Newcombe) writes:
>>
>>  "When are we going to see the seventh Doctor?"
>>Colin stood up and left and it was all JNT could do to get him
>>to come back out.
>>  -Dan
>>-- 
>
>  When Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton were in Minneapolis, 
>someone asked Colin how long he would be the Doctor. He replied
>"Well, Tom Baker played it seven years, so I should be going
>for EIGHT!" BTW, the stage had a TARDIS on it, and when the
>tow Doctors were scheduled to arrive, the TARDIS started it's
>trademark sound. As everyone was expecting them to appear out
>of the TARDIS, we were quite surprised to see them arrive from
>the back riding in none other that Bessie (WHO 1). As myself
>and my two boys were on the outside of the row, we were very
>pleased to have such a good opportunity to see the Doctors at
>a distance of three feet. This was an event I'll always
>remember, especially since Patrick left us not long after. It
>was nice to see the fun they had ribbing each other and the
>rapport they had with the audience. 
>
>Randy Lambertus              Cray Research, Region 4         rl@uk.cray.com

Yes, that was cute, but the session itself afterwards was marred by
the fact that one of their microphones wasn't working and so the two
had to share one between themselves, and even that one wasn't so loud.
And another bit of ramshackle production on Ron Katz's part also took
place during the session, behind the Two Doctors stood a VERY tall 
screen for their video projector to show videos on when the Doctors were
not on stage.  About halfway through the thing, those of us on the front
right side (me included) started seeing the thing *wobble* and every so
solowly begin tipping down towards the Two Doctors seated before it,
ready to crush them both beneath its weight......
we started shouting, Colin was answering a question and didn't look at
us but Pat did, turned to see what we were pointing at, and I will never
forget the very, very Doctoris expression of fear on his face at the
sight of this giant screen suddenly falling on them both!  
It was a classic moment as if he were shooting the show and had just seen
some great monster coming at him, only this was real.
Pat and Colin both then leapt up and caught the thing on the sides before it
completely fell over and stood there holding it for a good few minutes
before someone found Ron Katz (who I heard had gone to lunch) and he
got someone to fix the thing.
From: John.Bennett@f301.n670.z3.fidonet.org (John Bennett)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Cut Stuff
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 08:30:00 +1000

 Giday Gordon 
 
GH> 
GH> The other was in "Ark in Space" -- it was a scene of Noah half 
GH> turned into a Wirrn.  If you watch Ark in Space you can tell where 
GH> the scene is cut.   The scene occurs when Vira and the Doctor open 
GH> a door in the outer corridor, and see Noah. 
GH> 
Was this cut just recently or done prior to broadcast? 
I seem to remember a scene like you describe a few years ago when I
seen it, about the only way you could tell it was Noah was the face
hadn't fully changed yet. 
 
                    ...JOHN... 
 


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From: keeper@deeptht.armory.com (Ron O'Dell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: PBS & SCIFI CHANNELS
Date: 14 Aug 92 05:31:57 GMT
Organization: The Armory

In article <1977.130.uupcb@ssr.com> doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Doug Vermes) writes:
>the SciFi Channel: *IF* it ever comes out and *IF* your cable company

Oh, it will come out.  There's a definite start date now.  I can't
remember if it's September 12 or September 21 ...

The cable company in this county has had a spot ready for SFC (that's
"Sci-Fi Channel" -- not "StarFleet Command"!) for a while ...
Unfortunately, I live in the small area where a smaller, more expensive
cable company reigns ...
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From: shari@room.Princeton.EDU (Shari L. Landes)
Subject: Re: PBS & SCIFI CHANNELS
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:41:59 GMT

In article <1716@hydra.bucknell.edu> norbeck@sirius.tmc.edu (nancy norbeck `93) writes:
>I think you mean _Arc of Infinity_, right?  I don't recall the Doctor
>being scheduled for execution in _Invasion of Time_, but he certainly
>was in _Arc_.  As I recall, to keep the TARDIS immobile, Maxil removed
>the space-time element.  The Doctor then asked Damon if it woulf be
>possible for him to find a replacement, which he did.

>Might this be what you're referring to?

Yes, that was it.  Sorry about the confusion, Iain.  I haven't seen the
Gallifreyan stories in a while... and naturally, I got them all mixed up.

>Nancy

Harlan Landes
Gates of Dawn BBS (formerly Event One BBS)
(609) 426-1618
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From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Subject: Re: Doctor's Return??
Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 09:08:43 GMT

thomasc@ms.uky.edu (Thomas Campbell) wrote:
>Is Doctor Who off the air at the present?
>Will someone send me a FAQ or something?!?!   

Ok, here's a FAQ: "What happened in season 27?"

Woooohoooo! Couldn't resist! Sorry everybody!

Tom

P.S. New DW is not being produced at present, but DW is "on the air" on a
lot of PBS stations.
From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Results from Quiz 5 and Now Quiz Part 6
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 05:28:19 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) writes:

- In article <i4ZsPB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
- >
- >*3)  Name the first DW to feature Patrick Troughton's face at the beginning
- >     of the show?
- >
- >     The Macra Terror
-
-
- Dave, this is completely wrong.  I know my title sequences, and
- the Troughton update did *not* take place until the story immediately
- after this, The Faceless ones, as I said in my answer to the question.

  On the contrary, quoting DWM 113, p.12, verbatim:
   " Craig Kendrick, from Atherton in Lancashire asks which stories heralded
     new title sequences, and when the title and end music changed.  Obviously
     the first sequence started with An UnEarthly child and went through
     unchanged until the last part of The moonbase.
     The Macra Terror saw the first use of the Doctor's face in the title
     sequence... "
  Sorry, the above answer is upheld.

-
- > 8) Describe the Master of the LAnd?
- >
- >    A Master computer in the Land of Fiction which needed human imagination
- >    to operate on.
- >
-
-       Also wrong here Dave.  The Master in "The Mind Robber" was
- not the computer but the old man plugged in to it.  That is the person
- who was called "the Master" and is called nowadays "the Master of the
- Land" to avoid confusion with the Master we all know and love to hate.
- The computer was never called anything other than "the computer."
-
  From the Prgramme Guides, under the heading of "The Mind Robber", both
  editions,  Jean-Marc Lofficier writes "Meanwhile, Zoe finds the true Master
  of the Land: a giant computer."  And upon watching Part 5 of The Mind Robber,
  this is confirmed.

- and don't try pulling out novelization answers to these, as they are
- non-canon.
-
   If their are any furthur questions, please post and I will try to justify
them similarly.  No problem, Iain, I am NOT perfect, however I do have the
sources at hand ready to be reach at home.

Dave Shariff Yadallee
yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All!
cowboy (n): A 20th Century extension of  the neanderthal caveman.
From: billw+@pitt.edu (William R Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: In defence of the 6th doctor
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:13:00 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


  It's entirely possible that Colin's Doctor was suffering from a form
of Peter Davison backlash, such as Davison mentioned in the almost total
withdrawal of humor in his first season.  I like Davison's Doctor, but found
him too ...umm...cozy.  Therefore the powers that be may have decided to 
assure that the following incarnation was not suffering from this excessive
niceness.  So they made him more arrogant and less 'cuddly
  Every character shows some change in this sort of fomat and we find that in
the first story of the Trial, a definite fondness has developed between the
Doctor and Peri, and his previous arrogance has been turned into a vehicle
for a bit of humor.  "D;you think there's any intellient life here?"  
"Apart from me, you mean?"  (with an impish GRIN!!!)
   I still haven't found any character who could verbally abuse and confuse the bad
guys like the 6th Doctor.  His polysyllabic putdowns were a joy to watch.  It
was almost the same for McCoy's crippled cliche's, which was the only element
of his character I liked from his crippled kickoff, "Time and the Rani".
    I now return you to your regularly scheduled lives.
         Bill
"This is graveness."--the Tick 
the fir
From: John.Bennett@f301.n670.z3.fidonet.org (John Bennett)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: And Now, Another Opinion.
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 08:38:00 +1000

Giday Ric 
 
  Maybe Oscar The Grouge is baby-sitting an emergency tardis for the
Doc in case he gets stranded here one year. 
 With all the rubbish I seen Dr. Who (Tom Baker) pull out of his
pockets some times it wouldn't surprise me if he'd already visited
Oscar. 
 
              ...JOHN... 
 


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From: eoghanni@castle.ed.ac.uk (Eoghann Irving)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: campion
Date: 14 Aug 92 12:15:38 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Aug11.190937.24853@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White) writes:

>In a previous article, dale.clayton@canrem.com ("dale clayton") says:

>>-> Any American or Canadian Peter Davison fans should take note that
>>-> this week PBS (or at least all the stations in my area) is rerunning
>>-> "Campion."
>> Will they be new episodes?

>I'm not positive, but having seen "Campion" this past week, I'd
>say that at the very least, they're new shows for North America.
>Possibly season 3. I've seen all of season 1 & most of season 2

	I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying that the BBc only made two
seasons of Campion. It was just one of the many drama serials that the
BBC has made recently which was really hyped, and then dropped when it
didn't get 15 million viewers. Shame, it was a good series.



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From: jchokey@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Alexander Chokey)
Subject: Re: Anybody Else Read History?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 23:02:30 GMT


	Like my friend and colleague, Eric Rauchway, I too read history--  as
part of my job.

	I have to agree with him that a lot of the "cutting edge" history
that is being written right now, however well-researched and theoretically
justified it may be, is not the most interesting stuff in the world to
read for pleasure--  particularly if you're interested in characters.

	Eric provided some reccomendations in American history.  I'd like to
provide some in European history.  

	If your interested in the "early modern" period (the 15th and 16th
centuries), Natalie Zemon Davis is a wonderful historian to read.  I heartily
reccomend her _Society and Culture in Early Modern France_, which in spite
of its name, is a very "character-based" collection of essays in social 
history.  Her _The Return of Martin Guerre_ is also quite good, and she was
a consultant for the movie.

	Two recent books on the French Revolution that would be enjoyable for
non-historians are Simon Schama's _Citizens_ and Emmet Kennedy's _A Cultural
History of the French Revolution_.  (Actually, anything by Schama is going
to be good--  but watch out for _Dead Certainties_!)  William Doyle's _The
Oxford History of the French Revolution_ is extremely good as well.

	Two works of late nineteenth century women's history that I think are
quite good are	Judith Walkowitz's _Prostitution and Victorian Society_ and
Jo Margadant's _Madame Le Professeur_.  (Fear not--  the book is in English, 
it is about the first female teachers in France).

	I primarily do intellectual history and that quite frequently means
reading biographies.   If you're interested in "character," then biographies 
can be very enjoyable.  A.N. Wilson's recent biography of C.S. Lewis, while
not a particularly scholarly work, is a good read.  A.J.P. Taylor's classic
biography of Bismarck does an excellent job at describing what a truly bizzare
and fascinating person the former chancellor was.  If you're interested in 
Yeats or Joyce, Richard Ellmann was written excellent (and quite readable)
biographies of both.  If you are interested in Rousseau, you might find
Jean Starobinski's classic study _Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Transparency and 
Obstacle_ to be an enjoyable and thought-provoking book.

	Finally, if you like reading about history because you find historical
figures to be interesting as people, you might also enjoy reading published
collections of letters.  I happen to be doing some work on C.S. Lewis, and I
think his _Letters to Arthur Greeves_ (edited by Walter Hooper) are
fascinating. The same is true for plenty of other people.


	Have fun!

	--  Jim C. <jchokey@leland.stanford.edu>

	
	

	
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From: le01167@portal.lasc.lockheed.com (Ron Nadel (x2025))
Subject: Re: Agnostics and Athiests
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co. - Rye Canyon
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 22:21:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.183918.24734@orlith.bates.edu>, nmiseroc@orlith.bates.edu (Nathan Miserocchi) writes...
> 
>OK I'VE F**CKING HAD IT!!!!!!!  flame gun set to
>for the last week and a half melt down-overload-
>blow-you-through-the-roof-at-the-same-time-your-
>arse-is-melting-to-the-center-of-the-FingEARTH!
>CAN YOU PLEASE REDIRECT THIS JUNK TO A NEWS GROUP
>THAT CARES.  YOU CAN PUT ISAAC THERE TOO!!!!!!!!
>IF YOUR GOING TO DO A FOLLOW UP
>TAKE OUT REC.HUMOR IN THE NEWSGROUP LINE!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
>thank you boring, snivelling, posting-to-the-wrong-
>place-morons.(yes this is going to ALL the newsgroups
>where this unfortunate article came from)
>Go AHEAD FLAME me, it would be more interesting than
>this.

SET FLAME/MODE=THERMONUCLEAR

Yeah!  What HE said!   Perhaps if you all went home and had 
whacking good private wank, you'd spare the rest of us all
this public wanking!!!  I mean, it was ok in high school, but
enough is more than enough!!!  If this doesn't stop, then I 
know there is no god!
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From: judy@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (judith.diehl)
Subject: LOOKING FOR OLD GOLDEN CHILDRENS BOOKS
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 09:20:08 GMT
Keywords: GOLDEN BOOKS CHILDREN


Looking for some old children's story books by Golden Books from
the 1940's.

            PEE WEE THE CIRCUS DOG
            LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
            THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD

I do not want any newer versions, but would like the 1940-1950's
versions.

Please respond to sender via EMAIL.   THANKS

                           JUDY DIEHL

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From: ve3pak@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Alayne McGregor and Brett Delmage)
Subject: Re: The Literary Canon & Women
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC., Orleans (Ont)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 04:38:57 GMT

In article <Bt6vGF.AF9@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> msmorris@watsci.waterloo.edu (Mike Morris) writes:
>France-
>    Men
>      Flaubert, Balzac, Stendhal, Dumas, Hugo, Zola
>    Women
>      ?

Doesn't George Sand (Aurore Dupin, 1804-76) qualify?

Alayne McGregor
alayne@ve3pak.ocunix.on.ca
From: emolinar@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Elizabeth Molinaro)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
Subject: Re: The Literary Canon
Date: 13 Aug 92 20:01:48 GMT
Reply-To: emolinar@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Elizabeth Molinaro)
Organization: Stakeholder Relations, NCR Corp in Dayton,OH

In article <65727@hydra.gatech.EDU> barclay@RAIL9000.gatech.edu (Barclay
Blanchard) writes:
>In article <9208111540.AA11957@cfdev1.shearson.com> mtaranto@shearson.com
(Mark Taranto) writes:
>>On the other hand, 16 years of Caholic schools left me unaware of the
>>difference between Baptists and Lutherans.  This was in spite of the
>>fact that I grew up in Minnesota, where Lutherans abound.
>
>Yeah, but in my experience, there's a lot more literature related to
Catholicism
>than to Baptist or Lutheran faiths.  (I couldn't think of words parallel to

        Ja, but that's where Garrison Keillor (sp)
        comes in.  Read "Wobegon" for a nice description
        of either the Wisconsin Evangelical Luth. Synod or
        the Church of the Lutheran Confession.  Right on the
        mark!  And I should know...

        And, anyway, what would we Lutherans be doing TALKING or
        WRITING about our guilt for all the world to see?  Just
        ain't in the character.  Know any loquacious Finns?

        And it's "Lutheranism"  kinda like "Calvinism"
                - but I doubt if it's "Baptism"!

        EM
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From: emery@Dr_No.mitre.org (David Emery)
Subject: Re: Anybody Else Read History?
Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA.
	<1992Aug14.165711.10624@nas.nasa.gov>
	<1992Aug17.213914.1969@ils.nwu.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 01:57:28 GMT

I'm (re) reading _I_Claudius_ this evening.  The author of
_Silver_Pigs_ is Lindsay Davis.  She has two more books out,
_Shadows_in_Bronze_ and _Venus_in_Copper_ (do we detect a title motiv
here?)  Also notable are _SPQR_ and _SPQR-II_Catiline_Conspiracy_
by John Maddox Roberts, and _The_Seven_Hills_Of_Rome_ by Barbara
Hambly.    All of these are mysteries set in Rome.  

For histories of Rome and Greece, look for books by Michael Grant.
They're generally available in paperback.  

				dave
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From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
Subject: Re: God (was: Agnostics and Athiests
Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean VA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:30:55 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.142848.14999@cas.org> sdr57@cas.org () writes:
}In article <1992Aug10.191549.14245@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
}>In article <1992Aug10.183411.13270@cas.org> sdr57@cas.org writes:
}>}In article <1992Aug10.142955.4467@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
}>}>In article <sbuckley.713175264@sfu.ca> sbuckley@fraser.sfu.ca (Stephen Buckley) writes:
}>}>}m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
}>}>
}>}>This guy?
}>}>
}>}>...........................................................................
}>}>had a bit of a speach problem...
}>}>Isaiah:
}>}>5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will
}>}>hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come
}>}>with speed swiftly.
}>}>...........................................................................
}>}
}>}Gee, in my copy this reads:
}>}
}>}"He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,
}>}he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.
}>}Here they come, swiftly and speedily!"
}>}
}>}You don't suppose that the "speech problem"
}>}is an artifact of the translation you're using?
}>
}>Could be.  I had the King James Version.  You don't suppose that the
}>"resolution" is an artifact of the translation YOU'RE using?
}
}Given that the King James Version was transcribed in 1611, while
}my version (The New International) was transcribed in 1975... I
}don't suppose you'd wish to concede that there may have been some
}changes in English usage in the 364 years between versions?
}Obviously, there is nothing left but to check it out in the
}original.

Given that there is a few thousand years since "the original",
perhaps the entire thing is OBE.  

Must be nice to be able to refer to something unavailable and think it
is authoratitave...


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From: rsquires@cyclops.eece.unm.edu (Roger Squires)
Subject: Anybody read these trash books?
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 00:17:22 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Recently, with a fedora pulled down low over over my eyes,
I raided the library for trash books to read 'inbetween.'
If anyone has opinions before I open these, I've opened my ears.

Geoffrey Household
Rogue Justice, The Sequel to Rogue Male
	I think it's fair to call Rogue Male a suspense/adventure
	classic, but I'd rather not be disappointed in the sequel
	like with the Dune series.

Michael Hardwick
Prisoner of the Devil, Sherlock Holmes and the Dreyfus Case
	I cannot think of a single Holmesesque novel that had any
	redeeming qualities.  The last one I read was
	_The Case of Sabina Hall_, which was so bad it depressed me
	for days. Or _The Earthquake Machine_, which was just the absolute pits.
	But the Dreyfus Case is fascinating, and the subtitle grabbed me.

Stanislaw Lem
Eden
	Well, I doubt if this one qualifies as a trash book, as I've
	read 6 or 7 Lems and enjoyed them all.  The first I read was
	_The Chain of Chance_, a wonderfully different mystery story,
	and the last three (Fiasco, His Master's Voice, Solaris) were
	all excellent explorations of misunderstandings between humans
	and alien cultures and the resultant disasters (especially Fiasco).
	I'm a big Lem fan and will read this one anyway, but was curious
	about the opinions of others.

Roger Squires
rsquires@cyclops.eece.unm.edu
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