ANSIBLE 239
JUNE 2007

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### THE WHICHNESS OF THE WHY ###

GREG BEAR and other sf authors -- Arlan Andrews, Larry Niven, Jerry
Pournelle and Sage Walker -- were asked to a US Homeland Security
conference to provide anti-terrorism advice as `deviant thinkers'.
According to Andrews, they `need people to think of crazy ideas.' (_USA
Today_, May) Once again sf proves eerily prophetic: wasn't there just
such an ego-boosting think tank in the Niven/Pournelle _Footfall?_

GREGORY BENFORD has an interesting mention in science historian James R.
Fleming's report on the NASA climate control conference last November:
`Astronomer J. Roger Angel suggested placing a huge fleet of mirrors in
orbit to divert incoming solar radiation, at a cost of "only" several
trillion dollars. Atmospheric scientist John Latham and engineer Stephen
Salter hawked their idea of making marine clouds thicker and more
reflective by whipping ocean water into a froth with giant pumps and
eggbeaters. Most frightening was the science-fiction writer and
astrophysicist Gregory Benford's announcement that he wanted to "cut
through red tape and demonstrate what could be done" by finding private
sponsors for his plan to inject diatomaceous earth -- the chalk-like
substance used in filtration systems and cat-litter -- into the Arctic
stratosphere. He, like his fellow geoengineers, was largely silent on the
possible unintended consequences of his plan.' (`The Climate Engineers'
in _The Wilson Quarterly_, Spring 2007). [TW]

RAY BRADBURY amazed us all by explaining that `_Fahrenheit 451_ is not
.... a story about government censorship.' (_LA Weekly_, 30 May)

JOHN CLUTE confides that on 3 May, `I was assaulted by several kids as
I tried (successfully) to prevent my bicycle being stolen. Nothing
broken, but I was kicked a bit in the side, and that kind of bruising
surfaces slowly and takes a long time to clear. Feel strangely perkier
today, so maybe we're past the fluctuant time.' (27 May) A young man was
charged with attempted theft and assault; court case on 15 June.

KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.

J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
where they are going.' No names are named, but the Channel 4 News report
(14 May) cited the horrid example of Langford. I, conversely, am too nice
to tell people not to buy J.K. Rowling.


### CONVICINITY ###

Until 16 Jun [] ANNE SUDWORTH exhibition, Square One Gallery, 592 Kings
Rd, London, SW6 2DX. Weekdays 10am-6pm. 020 7736 2073.

15-17 Jun [] FANTASTIC FILMS WEEKEND, National Media Museum, Bradford,
BD1 1NQ. With Brian Aldiss (Saturday, Pounds5 admission). Pounds35
weekend pass, Pounds15 day, concessions. Box office 0870 7010200.

16 Jun - 30 Sep [] OUT OF THIS WORLD: THE ART OF JOSH KIRBY, Walker Art
Gallery, Liverpool. 10am-5pm daily. First retrospective exhibition of
works by this much loved artist. Contact 0151 478 4199.

16 Jun [] PKD-DAY (celebrating Philip K. Dick), Clifton Campus,
Nottingham Trent University. Admission free but by ticket only: contact
John dot Goodridge at ntu dot ac dot uk.

16 Jun [] SF FOUNDATION/BSFA FREE EVENT (with both AGMs), The Old Queens
Head, 40 Pond Hill, Sheffield, S1 2BD. Programme 11am-4pm; room booked
to 11:15pm. Guests: Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Liz Sourbut. Contact 103
Rustat Rd, Cambridge, CB1 QG.

27 Jun [] BSFA OPEN MEETING, The Star pub, West Halkin Mews, London, SW1.
6pm on; fans present from 5pm. With Brian Stableford.

5 Jul [] ARTHUR MACHEN: MASTER OF HOLY TERRORS, The Boardroom, University
of Wales, Caerleon, Newport, Gwent. From 6:30pm, with Lionel Fanthorpe
in the chair. Pounds5 inc glass of wine. Linked to unveiling of local
Machen sculpture on 60th anniversary of his death.

7 Jul [] BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY `Awards Showcase'. Ye Olde Cock Tavern,
22 Fleet St, London, EC4. 6.30pm onwards. All welcome.

3-5 Aug [] DISCWORLD JAMBOREE, Wincanton, Somerset. GoH Terry Pratchett.
Pounds40 reg; Pounds30 students; under-15s free. Contact 41 High St,
Wincanton, BA9 9JU. 01963 824686; fax 01963 824671.

21-23 Sep [] FANTASYCON, Britannia Hotel, Nottingham. Pounds45 reg
_rising to Pounds55 after 30 June_; students/BFS members Pounds40, then
Pounds45. Contact 3 Tamworth Close, Lower Earley, Reading, Berks, RG6
4EQ.

29-30 Mar 08 [] P-CON V, Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin. GoH C.E.
Murphy; others TBA. Euro25 reg (to rise in October), Euro10 supporting.
Contact 253 Sundrive Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland.

6-10 Aug 08 [] DENVENTION 3 (66th Worldcon), Denver, CO, USA. _Now $175
reg_, $40 supporting, $45 child; site selection voters $135 (supp/child
free). Contact PO Box 1349, Denver, CO 80201, USA.


### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###

SF BOOK CLUB UPHEAVAL. Bertelsmann, the German media giant, is shedding
280 employees (about 15% of staff) at its Bookspan book club operation.
Although the US SF Book Club will continue, its chief editor Ellen Asher
took early retirement, ending a 34-year career that outdid John W.
Campbell's previous record time in a single sf editorial position; senior
editors Andrew Wheeler and Jay Franco were reportedly laid off. [JS]
Losing one's most experienced people does not bode well. _Later:_ SFBC's
new chief editor is Rome Quezada, formerly of Morrow.

AS OTHERS SEE US. Ruth Franklin opens her review of Michael Chabon's _The
Yiddish Policeman's Union_: `Michael Chabon has spent considerable energy
trying to drag the decaying corpse of genre fiction out of the shallow
grave where writers of serious literature abandoned it.' (_Slate_, 8 May)
[GS]
     Charles McGrath calls Philip K. Dick `A Prince of Pulp, Legit at
Last' and adds a little whitewash: `... "The Man in the High Castle," his
most sustained and most assured attempt at mainstream respectability, and
it's barely a sci-fi book at all but, rather, what we would now call a
"counterfactual" ...' (_New York Times_, 6 May) [PB]

NEBULA AWARDS. Odd fact: all these `2006' winners appeared in 2005.
Novel: Jack McDevitt, _Seeker_. Novella: James Patrick Kelly, _Burn_.
Novelette: Peter S. Beagle, `Two Hearts' (_F&SF_ 10/05). Short: Elizabeth
Hand, `Echo' (_F&SF_ 10/05). Script: _Howl's Moving Castle_. Andre Norton
(young adult sf/fantasy): Justine Larbalestier, _Magic or Madness_.

_STAR WARS_ TRIVIA MASTERCLASS. On the 30th anniversary _SW_ celebration
in LA: `Those in touch with their dark sides rushed exhibits of tortured
druids on a rack, Luke Skywalker's severed head and the Princess Leia
slave costume ... (Rebecca Winter Keegan, _Time_, 25 May) [A] _Gary
Farber_ explains: `These are not the druids you're looking for.'

R.I.P. _Lloyd Alexander_ (1924-2007), US author best known for his 1964-
68 Prydain sequence of YA Celtic fantasies, died on 17 May; he was 83.
His first book appeared in 1955 and his last is scheduled for August
2007. The central Prydain novels are _The Book of Three_, _The Black
Cauldron_ (title of Disney's animated film of the first two), _The Castle
of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_ and _The High King_.
     _Clifton Amsbury_, old-time US fan who was a founder member of the
Science Correspondence Club (often cited as the first sf fan club)
_circa_ 1928, died on 28 May.
     _Frank Gasperik_, US fan/filker featured in the Niven/Pournelle
_Lucifer's Hammer_ (as Mark Czescu) and _Footfall_ (as Harry Reddington)
died on 3 May. [AL]
     _Bernard Gordon_ (1918-2007), US screenwriter who scripted the 1962
_The Day of the Triffids_ (and also, as Raymond T. Marcus, _Zombies of
Mora Tau_ and _Earth vs. the Flying Saucers_), died on 11 May aged 88.
[CH]
     _Dabbs Greer_ (1917-2007), US character actor whose films included
_House of Wax_ (1953), _It! The Terror from Beyond Space_ (1958), _The
Green Mile_ (1999), died on 28 April aged 90. [MJS]
     _Curtis Harrington_ (1926-2007), US film-maker who directed horror
movies from _Night Tide_ (1961) to the Poe-based _Usher_ (2002), plus
various sf tv series episodes, died on 6 May aged 80. [PDF]
     _Charles Nelson Reilly_ (1931-2007), US character actor featured in
_The Ghost and Mrs Muir_ and several other genre tv series, died on 27
May aged 76. [CH]
     _Gordon Scott_ (1927-2007), US bodybuilder turned actor who starred
in six Tarzan films from 1955 to 1960, and then played Hercules, Goliath,
etc in Italian fantasy films, died on 30 April. [MJS]

AS OTHERS SEE US II. Why the artwork of Antony `Angel of the North'
Gormley isn't to be taken seriously: `Well, look at the words I've been
using, Vaporise, star-burst, humanoid, space station, beaming down. And
look at those figures waiting on rooftops -- it's like an opening shot
from _Doctor Who_. What is the language this sculpture speaks? Isn't it
obvious? Sci-fi. [...] Serious artists need not feel threatened by it,
any more than serious film-makers need feel threatened by an android
blockbuster.' (Tom Lubbock, _Independent_, 15 May)

PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS. Jim Minz, late of Del Rey (see _A237_), joined
Baen Books as a senior editor in May.

THOG'S FUTUROLOGY MASTERCLASS. _Mountain-to-Mohammed Dept_: `And when you
drive your car into Heathrow to one of the parking lots, you will get
your own personal vehicle and program it to go to your terminal, or vice
versa.' (Sir Peter Hall, Cities21 website) [KM]

MORE AWARDS. _BAFTA TV_: _Life on Mars_ won the Audience award, the only
category voted by the public; _Hogfather_ won the Interactivity award for
work `extended and enriched by the interactivity offered by new media'.
     _Compton Crook/Stephen Tall_ for best first sf/fantasy novel: Naomi
Novik, _His Majesty's Dragon_.
     _Pilgrim_ for sf criticism: Algis Budrys.
     _Tahtivaeltaja_ for best sf in Finland, 2006: Stepan Chapman,
_Troikka_ (_The Troika_, 1997, translated by Hannu Blommila).

FANFUNDERY. Yvonne Rousseau reports on Ang Rosin's triumphal GUFF
progress: `Intrepid viewing of Australian wildlife took place yesterday,
with Ang holding Koala Molly for the traditional GUFF photograph
opportunity. She did this at the Gorge Wildlife Park in the township of
Cudlee Creek -- where we also observed quokkas, wombats, penguins, non-
Welsh sheep, a mysterious bird that runs about shouting "Woof woof", a
dodo-like giant petrel, and a deer which chomped the (green) koalas off
my map of the park. Meanwhile, Mark Plummer was extremely popular with
all wallabies.' (31 May)

MAGAZINE SCENE. _Thrilling Wonder Stories_, which closed down in 1955,
is to be relaunched in July under a new editor/publisher, Winston Engle:
`It's not a pastiche or nostalgia exercise as much as modern SF with the
entertainment, inspirational value, and excitement of the golden age.'
[JJ] Contents include old sf reprints but also new articles and new
fiction (25,000 words max). Payment up to 10 cents/word.
     _Nature:_ the `Futures' series of short-short hard(ish) sf stories,
currently running in _Nature Physics_, also returns to _Nature_ in
September. Submissions for both can be sent to Futures at Nature dot com:
850-950w Word attachment, with 30-word bio and contact details. [HG]

RANDOM FANDOM. _Tony Alleyne_, the _Star Trek_ fan who converted  his
Hinckley studio flat into a replica of the _Voyager_ flight deck, sold
it on eBay for Pounds425,000 -- about five times the assessed value.
[DKMK]
     _Mike Cobley_ and _Maureen Kincaid Speller_, fandom's Lib Dem
candidates for Govan (Glasgow) and Folkestone in the UK local elections,
were both proudly not elected.
     _Amanda Kear:_ `A new BBC4/OU series, _Fossil Detectives_, due to
transmit in 2008, is in search of authors who collect fossils as a hobby
or have a strong interest in palaeontology, and who wouldn't mind being
on camera to say so.' UK/Irish residents only. Contact Amanda dot Kear
dot 01 at bbc co uk; 0117 9732211.
     _Dave Wood_ wants all his fan friends to know: `I have just spent
the last 18 days in hospital intensive care. Thursday was awful when the
Consultant came to tell me they could do no more for me. I took the bull
between the horns and asked, well how long. Believe it or not he broke
down in tears and said I wouldn't see Christmas.' (19 May) Huge sympathy,
Dave -- and I very much hope that diagnosis is wrong.

AS OTHERS SEE US III. Josh Lacey on _Un Lun Dun_: `When I've mentioned
China Mieville to people over the past week or two, I've been surprised
how few have heard of him. That's because he's a science-fiction writer,
I suppose, and his readers keep themselves to themselves. _[... skip to
end ...]_ A common complaint about science-fiction writers is that they
prefer ideas to people, and that's certainly a noticeable problem with
this book. Although the narrative is witty, energetic and fast-paced, I
couldn't bring myself to care about a story that isn't populated by any
believable characters. However, for science-fiction fans who don't mind
the lack of characterisation, Un Lun Dun should provide lots of fun.'
(_The Guardian_, 5 May) [AH] 

OUTRAGED LETTERS. _Richard E Geis:_ `My only claim to fame _in re_
Vonnegut is that he once, in a phone call, called me a cocksucker,
because of something I had published in _SF Review_. Details lost in
corroded memory. I got the impression he called a lot of people
cocksuckers. The word rolled off his tongue so easily.'
     _Paul Voermans_ brags about literary enlightenment Down Under:
`_Overland_, Australia's mag of slightly Lefty literature/culture (over
fifty years old -- the zine not the lit) will be publishing a special
skiffy edition later in the year. This is not their first, I think.
There'll be interviews with Kim Stanley Robinson, China Mieville and
Justine Larbalestier, with fiction by Aussie sf writers. Lucy Sussex
writes regularly for _Overland_ and new talent Rjurik Davidson is the
reviews editor. This seems to me to be a happy combo of comfort with sf
from a younger generation at home with the idea of sf as Literature. Has
there been a _Granta_ skiffy edition? Oops, it's verboten in the
submission guidelines.'
     _Martin Morse Wooster_ was deeply thrilled by junk mail from `a
company called Hawthorne Village, which has the Official Lord of the
Rings Express Diesel Locomotive. _This heirloom quality train -- richly
adorned with scenes and characters from the movie trilogy including Elven
text and a working headlight on the diesel locomotive--will have you
reliving this epic saga every time the train journeys around the tracks._
You know, when I mentally visit the rugged, primeval landscape of Middle
Earth, I think to myself, "You know, these trees and rocks are OK. But
WHERE are the toy trains?"'

AS OTHERS SEE US IV. A journalist warns that silly people who actually
think about the future must be kept away from the steering wheel, leaving
it in the hands of (surprise!) journalists: `And with the world getting
ever hotter and running out of oil, it shouldn't be left to the sci-fi
nuts to guide us there _[the future]_: it should be _The Week_'s
responsibility.' (Jeremy O'Grady, editorial, _The Week_ news digest, May)
[FC]

R.I.P. ADDENDA. Michael Bishop writes: `This regards the murder of our
son Jamie, along with 31 other students or instructors, on the Virginia
Tech campus on April 16: Jamie's mother and I would like to thank the
hundreds of you who have sent cards, letters, or condoling e-mails.
Virtually all of you note that it's next to impossible to express your
heartbreak in words (although some come eloquently close) and that mere
words are not likely to assuage our pain. However, we would like those
who have written, or telephoned, to know that your grieving with us and
for us does in fact offer some comfort. We will never fully escape the
ache that we now feel, but if we did, we would no longer qualify as fully
human. Meanwhile, it's impossible, at least for now, to reply to every
welcome expression of sympathy because of their sheer overwhelming number
and a myriad pressing practical concerns.
     Right now we're also hurting for our daughter Stephanie Loftin and
her husband Bridger and their two children, Annabel and Joel, and of
course for our daughter-in-law, Jamie's widow, Stefanie Hofer, whom Jamie
loved with all his heart.
     Jamie did digital covers for four of my books, not merely a story
collection from Golden Gryphon and an essay collection for PS Publishing.
The others were for my poetry volume from Steve Pasechnik's Edgewood
Press, _Time Pieces_, and a forthcoming anthology of sf stories for PS
Publishing coedited with Steven Utley, _Passing for Human_. Further, he
spoke German like a native, understood computers inside out, played drums
in a basement band, bicycled and hiked, followed the fortunes of the
Atlanta Braves as obsessively as his mother, grandmothers, and I did, and
made friends everywhere. He was a people lover from the get-go, and his
energy levels put mine to shame.
     I will miss going into Jamie and Steffi's home in Blacksburg and
seeing new pieces of his art on their walls and also the ingenious pieces
of furniture, unlike anyone else's, that he periodically created. Nor
will I ever forget him running shirtless, swift and elusive, on the toli
(Indian stick ball) field at the University of Georgia and elsewhere, so
replete with life that he seemed to all who met him forever immune to
personal extinction. In our minds, hearts, and imaginations, indeed, he
tenaciously persists.
     Abschied, mein Sohn. And Godspeed.'

GROUP GROPES. _Beer & Blake's 7_, 9 June at The Canal House, 48-52 Canal
Street, Nottingham, NG1 7EH. 12.30/1pm onwards.

THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _The Nose of Heisenberg Dept._ `Big boogers of
uncertainty were beginning to form.' (Vernor Vinge, _Rainbows End_, 2006)
[MM]
     _Dept of Astronomical Revelation._ `Planets have axes, stars don't.'
(Jonathan Kellerman, _Gone_, 2006) [PB]
     _Whack-a-Simile Dept._ `Pieces of a jigsaw puzzle began to pop into
place like rabbits into holes at the sound of dog.' (Peter Hawkins, `The
Edge of Oblivion,' _New Worlds_ #102, Jan 1961) [JB]
     _Dept of Possibly Unfair Advantage._ `Claudie Andre-Deshays ... had
beaten hundreds of men to become her country's first spacewoman.' (Brian
Harvey, _Russia in Space: The Failed Frontier?_, 2001) [CM]
     _The Beast With One Back Dept._ `Then M'leng's gentle arms went
around him, and he was pulled to M'leng's lightly bandaged back and
comforted with many caresses and kisses.' (Anne McCaffrey, _Red Star
Rising_, 1996) [AK]


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16 Jun - 30 Sep 2007, Josh Kirby exhibition, Liverpool
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### ENDNOTES ###

APPARITIONS.
[] 7 June: Mass signing at Waterstones, Piccadilly, London. 5:30pm to
7pm, with Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Steph Swainston, Robert Holdstock,
Chris Dolley, Steven Savile, Eric Brown, John Lambshead, Andrew
Dennis, David Devereux and David Langford.
[] 8 June: Mass signing at Waterstones, High St, Birmingham. 5-6pm,
with Robert Holdstock, Juliet McKenna, Chris Dolley, Mark Chadbourn,
Ian McLeod, Eric Brown, Steve Savile, David Devereux and Graham
McNeill.
[] 8 June: Brum Group, Britannia Hotel, New St, Birmingham. With
Robert Holdstock. 7.45pm. Pounds3 members, Pounds4 non-members.
Contact 07845 897760 or bhamsfgroup at yahoo co uk.
[] 9 July: Jasper Fforde signing, Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury
Ave, London, WC2H 8JR. 1-2pm.
[] 2 August: Peter F. Hamilton signing, Forbidden Planet, 179
Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR. 6-7pm.

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MORE MAIL. _Steve Green:_ `_SFX_ has kindly given Novacon a classified
ad in its latest issue, where it's referred to as "Britain's longest
science fiction convention". Before anyone comments, the original text
read "Britain's longest regional science fiction convention". Ho hum.'
All together now: it only _seems_ the longest.... [] _Taras Wolansky_
reproves me for the _A238_ notes on Kurt Vonnegut's obituary coverage:
`Avoid commenting on American politics, as what you get over there is
the cartoon version only. The sneering comment about James Rosen of
Fox News was unattractive. If he had wanted to "get" Vonnegut, he
would have talked about his relationship with Nazi apologist David
Irving. As a general rule, Fox News is less biased than the other
nets, just in the other direction.'

EDITORIAL. Unexpected news for me: _The End of Harry Potter?_ is on
the longlist of works recommended for the British Fantasy Awards in
their newly added nonfiction category. Competition is very fierce,
mind you: see the full list under News on the British Fantasy
Society's new website ...
 http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/
(Not to be confused with the former .org.uk site.) Direct link to the
award recommendations:
 http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/?p=111#more-111


Ansible 239 Copyright (c) Dave Langford, 2007. Thanks to Amygdala,
Paul Barnett, John Boston, Dave Clark, Fi Craig, Paul Di Filippo,
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5 Jun 07
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nonfiction: =The End of Harry Potter?= (tpb Tor & Gollancz, 2007)
fiction: =Different Kinds of Darkness= (hb/tpb Cosmos, 2004)

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
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In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
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 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
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International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
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(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas

In article ,
Pip R. Lagenta  said:

> David Langford  wrote:
>
>> KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>> execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New
>> York -- charged with harassment and attempted assault on
>> neighbours. [DC] As far as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently
>> visited Camden Town.
>
> Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

[*]  I haven't heard whatever the story is about Mr. ab Hugh.

-- 
William December Starr

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:47 +0100, David Langford 
wrote:
>ANSIBLE 239
>JUNE 2007
[snip]
>KENNETH ENG, last seen sabotaging his own writing career with an
>execrated race-hate article (see _A237_), has been jailed in New York -- 
>charged with harassment and attempted assault on neighbours. [DC] As far
>as _Ansible_ can tell, he hasn't recently visited Camden Town.
[snip]

Apparently, Kenneth Eng is a Dafydd ab Hugh wannabe.

>
-- 
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
 Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°

 -- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

In rec.arts.sf.fandom David Langford  wrote:

> J.K. ROWLING urges her fans not to buy spinoff books while waiting for
> Harry Potter 7: `I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown
> up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure with him without knowing
> where they are going.'

Actually, she was talking to people who somehow get hold of actual
spoilers. The full statement, at least for the time being, is available
here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/

On alt.fan.harry-potter, at least, a lot of people drop out of sight in
the couple months leading up to a new book, just in case a griefer should
decide to invade the newsgroup with spoilers. In actual practice, genuine
pre-publication spoilage has been negligible; the problem is in the
interval between when the eastern hemisphere finishes reading the book and
it gets released in the last few time zones of the western one. (Thank
you, vast publishing conspiracy, for making it possible for someone to
come to the midnight release of _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_
to shout out a major plot twist at the waiting crowd.)

Incidentally, if you see something claiming to be an electronic copy of
_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, it's probably a rebadged copy of
a fanfic called "The Seventh Horcrux".


-- 
    /
Petrea Mitchell    <|> <|>            
"Any man who can wear lace and get away with it has to be respected."
                                  ---Dave in Dallas