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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Oh dear, oh dear! Sounds like someone’s been reading Delany’s “Aye, and Gomorrah!” Still, I expect it’ll be a bit cheaper than paying $200,000 to fly to the edge of space via Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Come to think of it, there’s probably a fruitful partnership which could be set up there . . . .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">Andy Sawyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">Course Director, MA in Science Fiction Studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">Reviews Editor: Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">The Science Fiction Hub:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">The Science Fiction Foundation:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">"... there is no higher life form than a librarian."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD: Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen, and Ian Stewart, p. 10.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> sfcc-bounces@lists.ucr.edu [mailto:sfcc-bounces@lists.ucr.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Melissa Conway<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 10 January 2012 15:40<br>
<b>To:</b> sfcc@lists.ucr.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SFCC] I heard about this on NPR's _Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!_<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">SFCC-ers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I usually reserve my postings for more serious issues, but this is too good to miss. A new niche for sf!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/222951/nevadas-alien-cathouse-a-sci-fi-brothel-for-nerds">http://theweek.com/article/index/222951/nevadas-alien-cathouse-a-sci-fi-brothel-for-nerds</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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