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### THE DRAGONS OF PROBABILITY ###

ALMA ALEXANDER (that is, Alma Hromic Deckert) slipped the surly bonds of
Earth: `I am still reeling in wonder from it -- but NASA chose a fragment
of a poem of mine to go on a commemorative poster about women astronauts
in the USA....'

MARGARET ATWOOD admitted her guilty pleasures in an _Independent_
interview: `Q: Do you have any secret cultural passion? A: I have no
secrets. I freely confess to all of my bad habits. (Country & Western of
older days; noir crime novels; Sci fi; knitting stuffed rabbits.)' [KM]

HARRY HARRISON gloats over his latest criminal act: `Just sold an option
to my short "A Criminal Act" to the omnibus series Masters of Science
Fiction [ABC tv]. It should be produced this year.'

PAUL KINCAID, after eleven years' toil as Arthur C. Clarke Award
administrator, has resigned -- to take effect after this month's
presentation. According to Paul, this is `an unmissable opportunity for
me to leave on a high note. It's the 20th anniversary, with an all-
British shortlist and all six authors will be present at the ceremony.'

PAUL PARSONS, editor of the BBC science magazine _Focus_, has been much
admired for his diligence in devoting no fewer than ten pages of the
April issue to promotion of _The Science of Doctor Who_ by some chap
called Paul Parsons. The book -- not published by the BBC -- also gets
a plug in his editorial, _and_ is reviewed in the books section by our
very own Alastair Reynolds. (_Independent_, 22 March) Tempting though it
is to follow this noble example, the editor of _Ansible_ is confining
himself to a quiet gloat about the Hugo shortlist for Best Related
Book....

JIM RIGNEY, who writes as Robert Jordan, told _Locus_: `I have been
diagnosed with amyloidosis. That is a rare blood disease which affects
only 8 people out of a million each year ...' His treatment (drastic bone
marrow replacement) starts this month, and he's determined to beat the
statistics that suggest a median life expectancy of four years.

J.K. ROWLING's _Whatsisname and the Half-Blood Prince_ was voted overall
Book of the Year at the British Book Awards on 29 March, beating various
celebrity autobiographies and cookbooks. `Popular fiction' winner: _The
Time Traveller's Wife_ by Audrey Niffenegger (BBC). Rowling also won _The
Bookseller_'s inaugural Bestseller of the Year award.

GEOFF RYMAN won the James Tiptree Jr award for his _Air: Or, Have Not
Have_, as the best `gender-exploring' novel of 2005.

T.H. WHITE's birth centenary is on 26 May 2006. His UK publisher,
Voyager, flaunts the ultimate accolade: `Professor Charles Xavier also
frequently cites _The Once And Future King_ as his favourite book in the
X Men, testifying to the very range and impact of his influence.' _[sic]_

LIZ WILLIAMS was hospitalized with a fractured rib and other woes after
being thrown off a horse on 26 March, but is now recovering at home. `The
doctor says I will probably play the violin again.'

FAY WRAY of _King Kong_ fame is to appear on a Canadian stamp, part of
a 26 May set whose theme is Canadians in Hollywood. [AIP]


### CONVO ###

CANCELLED 10 Apr [] READING AT BORDERS, Oxford St, London. Pat Cadigan
is undergoing terrifying dental work that day: `She is expected to
survive but will not be in a fit state to chat afterwards.' (Sorry: the
March event was also cancelled after _Ansible_ went to press.)

13-16 Apr [] EUROCON 2006, Kiev, Ukraine. Euro35/$35 reg, Euro10/$10
supp. More GoHs: Ellen Datlow, Eileen Gunn. info at eurocon kiev ua.

14-17 Apr [] CONCUSSION (Eastercon), Glasgow Moat House Hotel. Pounds55
reg; supp/concessions Pounds27.50; ages 12-18 Pounds15; 5-11 Pounds5; 0-4
free. Same at door. Advance booking closes 7 Apr. _Day rates:_ Fri
Pounds5, Sat or Sun Pounds20, Mon Pounds15. Contact 23 Ranelagh Rd, Bruce
Grove, London, N17 6XY. [] The Art Show is seeking artists who are
prepared to display some art. Contact artshow at eastercon2006 dot org
for information.

19 Apr [] BSFA OPEN MEETING, bonus event in the Hogshead pub, Dering St,
London -- near Bond St tube. 6pm on. With James Morrow.

25 Apr (NB Tue not Wed) [] BSFA OPEN MEETING, upstairs in The Star, West
Halkin Mews, London, SW1. 5pm on. With Ian MacLeod.

26 Apr [] ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD presentation, by invitation only, in the
Apollo West End Cinema as the opening item of ...

26-30 Apr [] SCI-FI LONDON film festival, Apollo West End Cinema, Regent
Street, London, SW1. Ticket hotline 0871 2233444.

29-30 Apr [] UNCON06 (Forteana), Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, London,
NW1 2BJ. Tickets Pounds25 or Pounds17.50/day. 01789 490215.

6 May [] ALT-FICTION (sf/fantasy/horror), Darwin Suite, Assembly Rooms,
Derby. `Workshops, discussions, talks and readings from major names.'
12:30pm-8:30pm. Pounds18 admission, Pounds15 concessions. Contact Alex
Davis, 01332 715434 or alex dot davis at derby dot gov dot uk.

27 May [] PLOKTA.CON Pi, Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior Street, London, SE1 3QP
(not far from London Bridge Station). 12 noon - 12 midnight. Pounds3 reg,
students Pounds2.50; all proceeds to League of Fan Funds causes. A mini-
convention on the TAFF deadline day, at which the 2006 TAFF result will
be announced -- see `Fanfundery' below.

23-27 Aug [] L.A.CON IV (64th Worldcon), Anaheim, California. $175 reg
until 1 Jul; $200 at door. Day memberships available from 1 Jun: $50 Wed,
$60 Sun, other days $75. 3-hour `taster' membership $20. Contact c/o
SCIFI Inc, PO Box 8442, Van Nuys, CA 91409, USA.

10-11 Mar 07 [] P-CON 4, Wynn's Hotel, Dublin. Guests TBA. Euro25/
Pounds20 reg. Contact c/o Yellow Brick Rd, 8 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin 8,
Ireland; UK c/o Dave Lally, 64 Richborne Terrace, London, SW8 1AX.

_Rumblings_ [] ORBITAL (2008 Eastercon bid) is taking presupporting
memberships at Pounds1 -- send to 8 Windmill Close, Epsom, Surrey, KT17
3AL. The proposed venue is the Radisson Edwardian Hotel near Heathrow.
Both Orbital and the 2007 bid (Convoy, Liverpool Adelphi) will be
presented and voted on at Concussion in Glasgow, as listed above.


### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###

AS OTHERS SEE US. Mariella Frostrup interviewed Joanne Harris of
_Chocolat_ fame on BBC Radio 4's _Open Book_, about the new Gollancz
Fantasy Masterworks edition of _Something Wicked This Way Comes_. Jimi
Fallows reports: `Harris kicked off by expressing regret that _SWTWC_ was
being printed under the fantasy label, as it is much closer in content
to real fiction. Sadly, Mariella Frostrup did not take the chance here
to point out the number of other fine novels that could almost be called
literature in the same imprint. The fantastical element of Bradbury's
work was discussed with much earnestness to protect his reputation as an
author, culminating in this devastating aside from Frostrup: "Some people
even refer to him as a science fiction author, however erroneous that may
be." It's still available to listen on line, and well worth it for the
particular emphasis of disdain that Mariella lavishes on the sf word.'

2006 HUGO NOMINATIONS. NOVEL (430 ballots cast) Ken MacLeod, _Learning
the World_; George R.R. Martin, _A Feast for Crows_; John Scalzi, _Old
Man's War_; Charles Stross, _Accelerando_; Robert Charles Wilson, _Spin_.
     NOVELLA (243) James Patrick Kelly, _Burn_; Kelly Link, `Magic for
Beginners', (_F&SF_ 9/05); Ian McDonald, `The Little Goddess',
(_Asimov's_ 6/05); Robert J. Sawyer, `Identity Theft' (_Down These Dark
Spaceways_); Connie Willis, `Inside Job' (_Asimov's_ 1/05).
     NOVELETTE (207) Paolo Bacigalupi, `The Calorie Man', (_F&SF_ 10/05);
Peter S. Beagle, `Two Hearts' (_F&SF_ 10/05); Michael A. Burstein,
`TelePresence', (_Analog_ 7/05); Cory Doctorow, `I, Robot' (_The Infinite
Matrix_ 2/05) Howard Waldrop, `The King of Where-I-Go' (_SCI FICTION_
12/05).
     SHORT (278) Michael A. Burstein, `Seventy-Five Years', (_Analog_
1/05); Dominic Green, `The Clockwork Atom Bomb' (_Interzone_ 5/05); Margo
Lanagan, `Singing My Sister Down' (_Black Juice_); David D. Levine,
`Tk'tk'tk', (_Asimov's_ 3/05); Mike Resnick, `Down Memory Lane'
(_Asimov's_ 4/05).
     RELATED BOOK (197) Mike Ashley, _Transformations: The Story of the
Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970_; David Langford, _The SEX
Column and Other Misprints_; Gary Westfahl, ed, _Science Fiction
Quotations_; Kate Wilhelm, _Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from
27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop_; Gary K. Wolfe, _Soundings:
Reviews 1992-1996_.
     DRAMATIC, LONG (364) _Batman Begins_; _The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe_; _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_; _Serenity_; _The Curse
of the Were-Rabbit_.
     DRAMATIC, SHORT (261) _Battlestar Galactica_ `Pegasus'; _Doctor Who_
`Dalek'; _Doctor Who_ `The Empty Child' & `The Doctor Dances'; _Doctor
Who_ `Father's Day'; _Jack-Jack Attack_; _Lucas Back in Anger_; _Prix
Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony_ opening speech and framing sequences. (7
nominees owing to a tie for fifth place. The last two were live
performances at Interaction.)
     PRO EDITOR (293) Ellen Datlow; David G. Hartwell; Stanley Schmidt;
Gordon Van Gelder; Sheila Williams.
     PRO ARTIST (230) Jim Burns, Bob Eggleton, Donato Giancola, Stephan
Martiniere, John Picacio, Michael Whelan. (6 nominees owing to a tie for
fifth place.)
     SEMIPROZINE (219) _Ansible_, _Emerald City_, _Interzone_, _Locus_,
_The New York Review of SF_.
     FANZINE (176) _Banana Wings_, _Challenger_, _Chunga_, _File 770_,
_Plokta_.
     FAN WRITER (202) Claire Brialey, John Hertz, Dave Langford, Cheryl
Morgan, Steven H Silver.
     FAN ARTIST (154) Brad Foster, Teddy Harvia, Sue Mason, Steve Stiles,
Frank Wu.
     CAMPBELL AWARD (not a Hugo) (186) K.J. Bishop, Sarah Monette, Chris
Roberson, Brandon Sanderson, John Scalzi, Steph Swainston. (6 nominees
owing to a tie for fifth place.)
     533 valid nomination ballots were cast, 434 on line and 99 by post
or fax.
     This year's special innovation, the Hugo for Best Interactive Video
Game, innovatively attracted too little interest and was thus
innovatively dropped.
     The traditional magazine/anthology slant in Pro Editor continues:
Patrick Nielsen Hayden acquired three of the five novel finalists for Tor
and edited two, but still didn't make this shortlist.

AS OTHERS SEE US II. Adam Rogers of _Wired_ soaked up the ambience of a
Neil Gaiman signing at the 92nd Street Y in New York: `Whenever Gaiman
appears, geeks of every type turn out in droves: beautiful goth girls
with oil-black hair and cherry-red lips, overweight comics nerds (with
dates), underweight comics nerds (with dates), science fiction
obsessives, manga fanatics.' (_Wired_, April) [MMW]
     On Alexander Korda: `The film _Things to Come_ in 1936 was science
fiction and yet prophetic.' (Francine Stock, _The Archive Hour_, Radio
4). [DG]

R.I.P. _Ronald Anthony Cross_ (1937-2006), US author whose first sf story
appeared in 1973, died in early March. Since 1994 he had published
several volumes of his `Eternal Guardians' fantasy series. [L]
     _Dan Curtis_ (1928-2006), Hollywood producer/director who created
the tv series _Dark Shadows_ (1966-1971), died on 27 March; he was 77.
[AIP]
     _Ivor Cutler_ (1923-2006), surrealist Scots writer and singer whose
eccentric stories often had a flavour of fantasy, died on 3 March aged
83. Story collections include _Cock-a-doodle-don't_, _Gruts_ and
_Fremsley_. He appeared as Buster Bloodvessel in the Beatles film
_Magical Mystery Tour_.
     _Nancy A. Dibble_ (1942-2006), US author and fan who in the 1970s
and 1980s published sf as Ansen Dibell, died on 7 March. She was 63.
[SFWA]
     _David Feintuch_ (1944-2006), US author best known for his popular
`Seafort' series of Hornblower-in-space sf adventures that began in 1994
with _Midshipman's Hope_, died from a heart attack on 16 March. He was
61. The first Seafort novels won him the 1996 John W. Campbell award for
best new writer. [PDF]
     _Richard Fleischer_ (1916-2006), Hollywood director whose first
major film was _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_ (1954), died on 25 March
aged 89. His other genre films include _Fantastic Voyage_, _Dr Dolittle_
(the 1967 original), and _Soylent Green_.
     _Stanislaw Lem_ (1921-2006), not only Poland's greatest science
fiction author but one whose sf greatness was recognized worldwide, died
on 27 March; he was 84. [TW] His books sold more than 27 million copies,
with translations into over 40 languages. The twice-filmed _Solaris_
embodied his favourite theme of the unfathomability of the alien, also
explored in _The Invincible_, _His Master's Voice_ and others. Lem's
lighter side, dazzlingly rather than dourly intellectual, was seen in
such works as _The Cyberiad_, _The Futurological Congress_ and _The Star
Diaries_, whose wordplay was brilliantly translated by Michael Kandel.
Several of his speculative `non-fact' essays were worthy of Borges. He
gave up writing sf, and indeed fiction, in 1989.
     _John Morressy_ (1930-2006), US academic and author who published
many sf and (latterly) fantasy novels since his 1971 sf debut in _F&SF_,
died on 25 March aged 76. [AIP]

BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS OF YORE. `Every moment spent in rapport with
Firesong moving the proto-Gate toward the new Vale was a moment spent in
constant battle to keep the Power-point on the right course.' (Mercedes
Lackey, _Winds of Change_, 1992) [TMcD]

DE MORTUIS. The 1976 Stanislaw Lem/SFWA controversy features in some
obits -- nowhere more blandly than on the SFWA site, from which you'd
never guess that Lem's unflattering comments on Western sf and SFWA
attitudes caused splenetic internal debate that led to his being booted
out on a technicality: `Lem was an honorary member of Science Fiction and
Fantasy Writers of America until his work was published in the United
States and he was eligible for regular membership. He was disappointed
with the loss of honorary membership and felt it was due to the
controversial nature of some of his work.'
     John Clute puts it differently in _The Independent_: `... he thought
British and American science fiction was spoiled, spineless, frivolous
and intellectually void. His expression of these views in the 1970s
caused the withdrawal of an honorary membership in the Science Fiction
Writers of America, a personal slight and intellectual insult he never
forgave.'

AS OTHERS SEE US III. News of the `Trek Passions' on-line dating service
aroused inevitable mirth and rhetoric of great originality, for example
at Popwatch: `I'd always assumed _Star Trek_ fans reproduced asexually,
like tribbles, but apparently they find love the way the rest of us do:
on the Internet. If you like candlelit dinners, moonlight strolls, and
debating whether or not _Farscape_ was a better show than _Babylon 5_,
then Trek Passions is the personals site for you.' [DK]

PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS. _Amazing Stories_ magazine, launched in 1926 by
Hugo Gernsback, has at last been officially cancelled by its current
owner Paizo Publishing after 14 months of `hiatus'.
 
OUTRAGED LETTERS. _Steve Green_ is concerned: `Has anyone got around to
organizing a service of condolence for Malcolm Edwards, following his
omission from the _Observer_'s list of "The 50 Most Influential People
in British Publishing"?'
     _Mike Moorcock_ grumbles: `Some buggers have hacked MOORCOCK'S
MISCELLANY, my website containing bibliographical, biographical,
illustrative and sound and vision archives -- the works -- and it's down
until we come up with some better defendable software -- i.e. the
foreseeable future. Appears to be the work of aggressive hobbit-habit
fiends who don't like my opinions. Natural democrats, those people. So
for the time being the site's down and I can be contacted either via
Jonathan Cape by regular mail, or via my agent, Howard Morhaim.' The
afflicted www.multiverse.org site now links to a temporary message board
for exiled Moorcock fans. MM continues: `At least it kicked me out of the
low level depression I've been in since being back in Texas. Just
allergies and lassitude and misery at being in this cultural wasteland
which seems to get worse rather than better. I prefer a bit of trouble,
I suppose. _SF Weekly_ have me "attacking" US publishers. For the record
it was a grumble they turned into a story.'

THOG'S BLURB MASTERCLASS. _Faint Praise Dept_, from David Bergamini's
_Venus Development_ (1976): `Adventure beyond even _Space: 1999_!' [BA]

FANFUNDERY. _TAFF._ The TransAtlantic Fan Fund voting deadline on 27 May
has moved from midnight to 9pm British Summer Time (USA: 1pm PST). Votes
will be counted and the winner announced at a London mini-convention that
day -- see above. All three candidates, Bridget Bradshaw, 1/2r Cruttenden,
and Mike `Sparks' Rennie, have approved this change.
     _The League of Fan Funds_ welcomes any good auction material that
Eastercon attendees care to bring to Glasgow.

SMALL PRESS. _Light's List_ (21th ed, 2006) appeared in March, as usual
giving bare details of many English-language small press mags worldwide.
1531 entries; 90pp+covers. Pounds4 inc post (Pounds6/$12 overseas) to
Photon Press, 37 The Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1NY.

C.O.A. _Peter Coleborn_, 36 Town End, Cheadle, Staffs, ST10 1PF.

SF HALL OF FAME. To be inducted (as they call it) in June 2006: Frank
Kelly Freas, Frank Herbert, George Lucas, and Anne McCaffrey.

RANDOM FANDOM. _Schirm_ (Marc Schirmeister) won the 2005 Rotsler Award
for general splendidness in fan art.
     _Steve Stiles_, the 1968 TAFF delegate, has a surprise for us: `This
is to announce that I've finished my TAFF Report, which concludes with
the 145th chapter. Entitled 'Harrison Country: The Cutty Sark Affair, or
TAFF Report At Sea,' it will appear in the next _Chunga_. / Like previous
chapters, this is a historically accurate document, although Phyllis
Eisenstein mentions that I left out the wooden women -- story of my life,
I'm afraid.'

HIDEOUS GAFFES! We apologize to Martin Morse Wooster for omitting the
explanation that the [MMW] credit in _A224_, which might have stood for
almost anything, referred to Martin Morse Wooster.

THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _Dept of Heat Quanta._ `... The temperature in the
oval control chamber started to climb rapidly, at first half a degree at
a time, then in jumps of five and ten degrees ...' (Con Steffanson [Ron
Goulart], _The Lion Men of Mongo_, 1974) [BA]
     _Pathetic Fallacy Dept._ `The air grew so thick with tension that
even the wind outside backed off to a safe distance.' (Greg Vilk,
_Golem_, 2005)
     _Dept of Persistent Engrams._ `Doug fought the memory. It had
happened before he'd been born.' (Ben Bova, _Moonwar_, 1997) [AR]
     _Arcane Similarity Dept._ `Daren was as randy as Kero was discreet.
.... _We're too much alike._' (Mercedes Lackey, _By the Sword_, 1991)
[TMcD]


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[] 2006
7-9 Apr 06, The Child and the Book (conference), Newcastle U
14-17 Apr 06, Concussion (Eastercon), Glasgow
26-30 Apr 06, Sci-Fi London film festival
4-6 Aug 06, MeCon 9, Belfast
18-20 Aug 06, Discworld Convention, Hinckley, Leics
23-27 Aug 06, L.A.con IV (Worldcon), Anaheim, California
1 Sep 06, Iain Banks conference, U of Westminster
1-3 Sep 06, Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
22-24 Sep 06, Fantasycon 2006, Nottingham
20-23 Oct 06, Cult TV 2006, Great Yarmouth
10-12 Nov 06, Armadacon 18, Plymouth
10-12 Nov 06, Novacon 36, Walsall
[] 2007
??? date and venue TBA, Year of the Teledu
23-25 Feb 07, Redemption (multimedia SF), Hinckley, Leics
Easter 07, Convoy (Eastercon bid), Liverpool
10-12 Aug 07, Recombination (Unicon/RPG), Cambridge
30 Aug - 3 Sep 07, Nippon 2007 (Worldcon), Yokohama, Japan
21-23 Sep 07, Eurocon 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark
[] 2008
Easter 08, Orbital (Eastercon bid)


### ENDNOTES ###

APPARITIONS. [] 7 Apr: Les Edwards talks to the Brum Group, Britannia
Hotel, New St, Birmingham. 7.30pm for 8pm. Pounds3 members, Pounds4
non-members. Forthcoming talks: 12 May, Storm Constantine; 9 June, Jim
Burns.
[] 13 Apr: Resurgence of Trout (Glasgow): pre-Eastercon meeting,
Ingram Bar, Queen St. 7pm. Also Word Dogs story reading from 8pm,
avoidable by those preferring social chat:
 http://community.livejournal.com/glasgow_fen/5811.html

RANDOM LINKS. Eileen Gunn's _The Infinite Matrix_, in limbo since the
end of 2005, surprised the world with a new issue in April:
 http://www.infinitematrix.net/
(Further links in my own contribution there.)

MORE LETTERS in response to _Ansible_ 224....
[] _David A. Hardy_, wearing his awesome hat as European Vice
President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists,
leaps to the defence of Lynette Cooper: `We are all space artists,
although many of us, like myself, also do SF art and are big fans of
SF too. There _is_ an organisation for SF artists, the ASFA, so we
make the distinction that the work we do is based squarely on facts
(as currently believed), and is "not science fiction". We do this, not
in the same way as many of the hideous cases you report in books,
films, TV, etc. under "As Others See Us", but in order to allow the
public to distinguish our work, which often contains a great deal of
research and factual data, rather than (just) pure imagination. Ie.,
I'm just saying "Please don't start lumping us in with that lot!"
[...] I'm sure that Lynette would be the first to acknowledge ACC's
(or Carl Sagan's) part in suggesting such lifeforms on a gas giant,
and would not for a moment claim that they are "known fact" (even if
it came over that way in the interview) -- just reasonable scientific
hypothesis.'
[] _Jennie Kermode_ knows where to find the missing ingredient: `Those
interested in recreating the puppet shows of Steve Cockayne's father
may be interested to know that tinned pickled gherkins can be ordered
from the following sites:
 http://www.zuccato.it/en/gherkins.html
 http://www.spreewald-feldmann.de/german/produkte/emailanfrage.htm
[] _C.E. Petit_, lawyer to the great and good of sf, does not wish to
be quoted directly but conveys that unspecified complications
(including though not limited to trademark laws and the need to defend
one's marks) made it necessary for Harlan Ellison to ask that the
Dangerous Visions bookshop should change its name.

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EDITORIAL. Everyone's been saying `See you in Glasgow,' but
unfortunately I can't make it to Eastercon this year. Too much work,
too little time.... Have fun, you lucky people, and thanks very much
for all the Hugo nominations.

GROUP GROPES: STOP PRESS. The London First Thursday meeting today (6
April) had to be relocated in haste to the Printers Devil owing to a
double booking by the Melton Mowbray pub. Normality should be restored
next month. Any further updates will appear at:
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Ansible 225 Copyright (c) Dave Langford, 2006. Thanks to Brian
Ameringen, Paul Di Filippo, David Garnett, Dan Kimmel, Locus, Tim
McDaniel, Kevin Mantle, Andrew I. Porter, Adam Roberts, Tanaqui
Weaver, Martin Morse Wooster, and our Hero Distributors: Rog Peyton
(Brum Group News), Janice Murray (N America), SCIS, and Alan Stewart
(Australia).

6 Apr 06
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