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Blattid wrote... You're right, it is a good story, but there are - inevitably - still things that I'm not sure about. Is it OK if I go ahead and ask a question, provided I write..…
07 Feb 2003, 00:54
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Nutria suggested I look at a website for a sensible review of the new film of "Solaris". Thank you! At last, a sensible and intelligent review. I'd read half a dozen previously on…
22 Jan 2003, 12:38
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In reply to my query on the contents of the forthcoming collection of GW Whoops! I don't recall that at all. Thanks, Roy. I clearly haven't being paying proper attention. There s…
03 Jan 2003, 19:06
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Hey, Blattid! I shouldn't really be proud of this, but I've already made that David Bowie joke on the list back in April 2002. See... http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0204/636.…
01 Jan 2003, 11:05
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(Nigel, delurking for a second time in a day in response to some of the hurtful comments that have been made about Marc in recent postings.) Oh come on, chaps! As for what GW wou…
17 Dec 2002, 23:57
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Marc wrote... *Please*, Marc, stop being a tease and pass on what GW said to you! I for one would love to know what on Urth the Short Sun books are about! Could you cut and paste…
17 Dec 2002, 10:49
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For what it's worth, I really like "Pandora". I think it's charming. I like it as a detective story, I like it as a mildly satirical Nancy Drew pastiche, and I like it as a gently…
19 May 2002, 04:51
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You've got me uncertain now. I'd always assumed that Marble said something like, "That Chem must have eyes in the back of her head!" Or did you think that a somewhat more robust …
07 May 2002, 11:51
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Lots to think about, lots of points to respond to. Let's start with the most bizarre first... Marc asked: This is exactly the kind of question I spend a great deal of time not th…
18 Apr 2002, 12:13
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Strange, isn't it? I really like "Pandora by Holly Hollander" - it's charming, witty, and well executed - and thought "There are Doors" was quite brilliant, if decidedly odd. Is "…
14 Apr 2002, 11:02
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From the interview - which I enjoyed very much, though I laughed perhaps more than I learned... NG: You're very good at parody...Many of the stories in "Strange Travelers" appear …
18 Mar 2002, 12:35
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Concerning the BBC's "Walking with Beasts", Jerry Friedman asked: Oh yes, lots of flightless birds, particularly in the first episode. Nigel…
18 Nov 2001, 00:19
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