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Re: Most head-smacking YASID? (Not a YASID)

mscottschill...@hotmail.com (Mike Schilling) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:47:35 UT

Asimov wrote that one, using Shakespeare and a time machine.

Re: Most head-smacking YASID? (Not a YASID)

mscottschill...@hotmail.com (Mike Schilling) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:46:39 UT

These days, it happens to me all the time at work.
"Geez, it's amazing this code runs at all. Who wrote this cra... "
<looks> "Never mind."

Re: 2: You Can Leave Your Hat On

mscottschill...@hotmail.com (Mike Schilling) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:42:52 UT

Me too, in fact over the last few days.
I thought that the way he lost all of his usual self-control when she
was fatally wounded made that clear.

Re: Most head-smacking YASID? (Not a YASID)

l...@sff.net (Lawrence Watt-Evans) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:43:06 UT

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:14:49 -0700, Rebecca Rice
I don't _think_ I did that. I've answered YASIDs for stories I wrote,
and at least once failed to recognize one of my stories from someone
else's description, but I don't believe I've ever asked for an ID that
turned out to be one of my own stories.

Re: 4: Up Where We Belong

jdnic...@panix.com (James Nicoll) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:37:01 UT

In article <slrngf2g21.tes....@gatekeeper .vic.com>,
Belters use one-gee forever drives.

Re: Just out of curiousity

stshaf...@aol.com (Saint Shaffer) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:23:05 UT

Could, and it's delightful, but I think the book in question is Prostho
Plus, an early one by Piers Anthony. Protagonist's sort of a
dentist-to-the-animals, who expands his practice, rather involuntarily,
to aliens. IIRC it's a series of only semi-connected chapters that
trails off badly and then just...ends, very suddenly.

Re: Most head-smacking YASID? (Not a YASID)

philosphe...@yahoo.com (Rebecca Rice) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:14:49 UT

Didn't LWE do this once? Or am I misremembering?
Rebecca

Re: 2: You Can Leave Your Hat On

da...@block.net (David Johnston) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:39:58 UT

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:53:01 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
Yes, that's what I'm saying.

Re: A "bent" trope I'd like to see

k...@invalid.net (Kay Shapero) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:20:47 UT

In article <ca53e4be-d800-422d-9f75-25a63 6138a79
@s20g2000prd.googlegroups.com> , il...@rcn.com says...
Well, there's Poul Anderson's "The Man Who Came Early" but that's
probably not quite the result you're looking for.

Re: Most head-smacking YASID? (Not a YASID)

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:14:59 UT

In article <gcrtgr01...@news5.newsguy.com >,
Slight topic drift, but I remember an amusing story about a
burnt-out pulp writer who decided to go for an English degree
and become a teacher. He sees an SF elective in the curriculum,
figures its a gimme, then further finds that one of his books
(written under a pen-name) is on the syllabus and figures he's

Re: Spaceships with ramming lances

jclarke.use...@cox.net (J. Clarke) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:54:36 UT

Maybe piracy was a concern?

Re: Most head-smacking YASID? (Not a YASID)

jclarke.use...@cox.net (J. Clarke) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:46:53 UT

FWIW, on Graham Norton tonight Eddie Izzard couldn't remember the name
of the character he portrayed in "Valkyrie".
Now I don't feel so bad about my inability to remember things.

Re: 12: With a Little Help from My Friends

dra...@chibardun.net.invalid (erilar) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:01:14 UT

In article <OuCiHqp5fU8IF...@parkhead.dem on.co.uk>,
My remaining sisters and I spread my brother's ashes in two locations he
loved in his favorite lake. It was probably illegal, but it was a
weekday and no one noticed 8-)

Re: What authors have you NOT outgrown?

dra...@chibardun.net.invalid (erilar) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:59:09 UT

In article <K8LB2r....@kithrup.com>,
I have an enormous map of Germany. Behind it are bookcases--4 deep for
paperbacks, 2 deep for large hardcovers 8-)

Re: YASID: time travel barrier stops them cold (Barrier?)

j...@kteh.com (yukon jack) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:06:51 UT

In article <091020080050476320%j...@kteh. com>, yukon jack
======
Thanks to all of you who responded to this YASID post. I turns out
that I indeed have it in my collection, which is currently boxed up
from a recent move across country.
It was in Spectrum IV and Mind, published by Analog.
Great list, this one!