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- From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
- Subject: Re: What a literate group! WAS: Re: Another introduction...
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:30:17 GMT
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- >/* is seated somewhat near the bar; he has a cocktail napkin
- >and a pen, and has been madly scribbling down names of authors
- >and books mentioned in the 'First SF' and 'Eastern Relgions'
- >conversations.
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- >"Whew! Now there is a bunch of books that I want to either
- >read or re-read! Some of them I haven't thought of in *ages*!"
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- >"Actually, these conversations, an email from Alfvaen,
- >and some recent events, have gotten me thinking. A dear
- >friend of mine just had a baby girl, her first - and actually
- >she is the first close friend to have a child, so I and a whole
- >group of friends are doing a lot of thinking and readjusting!"
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- >"She is a single mom, and we've been visiting, socializing, trying
- >to make sure she doesn't feel cut off - and that she has help
- >(or at least babysitters!) when she needs it."
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- >"So, although baby Elizabeth Rose will not be reading for a while,
- >I was wondering what childhood books people would recommend that
- >she eventually have in her library! Not just sf, but any type of
- >genre that people remember fondly!"
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- >/* pauses to massage the writer's cramp in his hand.
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- "why thank you, /*...one book i love is _the velveteen rabbit," kitten
- smiles... "and i am really delighted that you and your friends are
- being supportive of your friend with the new baby..."
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- conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten /\ /\ barbara ann
- "my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?" {=.=}
- ~ trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
- "love is the wild card of existance"
- rita mae brown
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