Swilnews #3, Vol. 2 "The 'Sorry, No Good Quotes This Week' Swilnews" Ahem. Greetings, all. To divide several by a couple, simply approximate the magnitude of imprecision, and swing the cleaver hard. What does this have to do with anything? I don't know, but that's the kind of morning this is. If at first that doesn't make sense, try try harder next time. On with the news before we go completely MAD!! Final Notice for the Ren Fair -- The Caravan for the Renaissance Fair will leave from the Rose Garden tomorrow (that's Saturday Sept. 23) at 9 am. For a description of the Renfair, see last week's news, or contact Alex Weirich. Cost will be $10 ($8 if you go in costume) plus some for the van. Pterodactyl Hunt -- The rules meeting was held; the rules are now complete and will appear soon. For more info, or if you want to be a monster or administrator, talk to Josh Smith or Peter Wagner. SF Discussion Group -- Desperately seeking a good time and place. More to follow in upcoming issues. If interested, contact Chris Cobb. Bookish News as read by Laura in Locus (For any who may not know, Locus is a semi-pro trade magazine for SF&F. It reviews most new publications, interviews authors, keeps abreast of Con news and such like. Cornell gets it, and it's shelved on the regular shelves amongst the Science journals. Back issues are in Cordwainer Bird. Check it out, if ye so like.) 1) Douglas Adams is working on a new book, tentatively titled "Spaceship Titanic". 2) "Pick any SF novel by a living author which you would not expect to be followed by a sequel. Sorry pick again. Walter Miller IS in fact working on a sequel to CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ." I'm astonished, but Locus says it's so. 3) On a lighter note, your favorite author and mine, Piers Anthony, has just published a new book, PORNOCOPIA, described as "adult-oriented futuristic fantasy." Yummy. Laura was quoted to say that Locus described the stories as "pornographic." Way to go Piers. Attendance -- Brother Art's Sister, Leif "I'm not really here" Kirschenbaum, It's Yellow, X, Why?, Phran "Hi Deb Holtzman", Gesika, Dzhosch Emess, Nao 'meet my coosh Frederic', Jeff "Gleep!" Hildebrand, Peter TGIS Wagner, Kerstin {pronounced Sheshtin} "Yes, I am related to Leif" Kirscenbaum, Maarten "'Play it again Sam' Guess what movie I was last night" Hoek, Zapp, Davied "Fresh-furry thing from Alpha Centauri" Randall, Josh "Yes, teleport IS a conteraction!" Smith, Dave "Coffee" Auer, Sally "I HATE getting up at 3:45" Carter, ID, Rick "Don't mind me, I'm dead" Post, Deb "I still don't VAX, dearest" Holtzman, Peter "I"m not really here" Wong, one (1) snark -- no it's a Boo --, Friedrich "To invent fables about a world "other" than this one has no meaning at all, unless an instinct of slander, detraction, and suspicion against life has gained the upper hand in us: in that case, we avenge ourselves against life with a phantasmagoria of "another," a "Better" life" Nietzsche [ed. note -- he wanted to make it quite clear why he had never sought non-membership in Swil. The most widely accepted explanation had been that he hadn't joined because he was dead. Now that rumor is laid to rest. You heard it first in Swilnews --ed.] Well that about wraps it up for the "No good quotes edition" of Swilnews. We leave you with this thought for the day -- "Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day" -- we don't necessarily subscribe to this doctrine, but Nietzsche probably did. Think about it. See you Saturday, at the meeting and the Renfair. Have fun. 4