fpw Wrote:
Because the real title is an unpronounceable, indecipherable triple overprint that won't reproduce here. It was first published in the David Copperfield anthology (see biblio)
FPW
I see. And would that be why the book is called Aftershock & Others instead of the pithier title, Unpronouncable, Indecipherable Triple Overprint & Others?
fpw Wrote:
Because the real title is an unpronounceable, indecipherable triple overprint that won't reproduce here. It was first published in the David Copperfield anthology (see biblio)
FPW
You mean sorta like how "The artist formerly known as Prince" uses a strange symbol as his signature? Now here's an idea: You used "Colin Andrews" as a nom de plume to get off the bottom shelf of the bookstores. You could publish some books as ~ (Tilde) which is the first character on the keyboard, and be in front of even the "A's". You could publish as "~, the author formerly known as F. Paul Wilson". Or not. :confused:
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Sorry, Biggles, but the ASCII value of the ~ (tilde) comes after the alphabet. I believe the first character would be ! (exclamation point).
ASCII Values
I like the idea though.
ASCII Values
I like the idea though.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:Sorry, Biggles, but the ASCII value of the ~ (tilde) comes after the alphabet. I believe the first character would be ! (exclamation point).
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I like the idea though.
! is the most common view I get of my cat Pixel . . . and the reason she has the nickname Fuzzbutt.
On my keyboard, the first letter of the alphabet is Q.
Ken V.
Lisa Wrote:When I was a teenager I named two of our cats (we had many) Pixel and Schrodinger. They were boys, though.
Lisa
Heinlein's cat Pixel was also a male. (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.)
I named our cat Pixel because when we got her, she weighed 3/4's of a pound. She's still a small cat, so her other nickname, Pixie, is also appropriate.
Kaye named the other cat Amy . . . I call her Miss Underfoot.
Cats are good people.
Ken V.
To get this back on topic (how'd this turn into a PETS thread?), I thought I should mention that "Freak Show" is a maybe as part of the collection. I've culled out all my linking material from the anthology and will, if possible, turn it into a stand-alone novella. "If possible" is the operative concept here. I haven't reread the material yet so I don't know if I can bring it off. But it would be nice to see it on its own.
FPW
FAQ
"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
fpw Wrote:
Hey, I'm replying to myself.
Just got the contract for two new RJ novels and a collection. AFTERSHOCK & OTHERS is due for delivery Dec. 2006. It will contain the following (remember, the collections run chronologically by time written, not published):
1990
Dreams
November Game
When He Was Fab
Foet
1991
Please Don’t Hurt Me
The Wringer
Freak Show
1992
(none)
1993
Aryans and Absinthe
1994
Offshore
Itsy Bitsy Spider
1995
(the word)
1996
(none)
1997
Lysing Toward Bethlehem
1998
Night Dive
Aftershock
1999
Anna
Performance
2000
(none)
FPW
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