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Posted on entry "I don't need to know the details." ::: September 26, 2007, 05:33 PM:
abi @ 190 -
It's not surprising that Christine Lavin might write a song that morphs into something sounding like Suzanne Vega: they're both Speakeasy regulars.
Posted on entry The Evil Overlord applauds ::: April 30, 2007, 04:17 PM:
Clifford @140 & PJ @ 145 -
Indeed. When such questions arise, think always of the redoubtable ISFDB.
Posted on entry Open thread 83 ::: April 03, 2007, 01:31 PM:
DaveL # 232 and Fragano #237
According to this page at ISFDB, the story has been reprinted in several anthologies that may be easier (or just cheaper) to locate.
Posted on entry A spelling demonology ::: March 20, 2007, 05:21 PM:
Dorothy @ #139
The way I heard the story, the Dutch shibboleth was Scheveningen.
Posted on entry The Pitch Bitch: I'm not buying it ::: January 24, 2007, 12:28 PM:
And I can drive to Brooklyn in 40 minutes or less and stop by the Tor office for a chat with your husband and his boss.

I'm puzzled that JF thinks the Tor offices are in Brooklyn. Have they moved recently?
Posted on entry Hit and Run, Redux ::: January 19, 2007, 05:14 PM:
Seems to me that phthistic is a perfectly good English word, if a bit arcane. Richard FArine used in repeatedly in Been Down So Long, Looks Like Up To Me.
Posted on entry Holiday Feasts for Beginners ::: November 28, 2006, 01:42 PM:
Paula #68:

I second your implied recommendation of Burger's Smokehouse : a one-stop source for all things pork and smoked. I've had good luck avoiding the gravy-making morass by using Tofurky Giblet and Mushroom gravy . Despite the name, no actual giblets are involved.

Posted on entry John M. Ford, 1957-2006 ::: October 01, 2006, 05:59 PM:
For those who wish to spread the word by spreading the books, Book Closeouts has copies of The Heat of Fusion and The Last Hot Time.
Posted on entry Styrofoam tits ::: May 18, 2006, 05:38 PM:
Ian Miles Slater:
An Abebooks search confirms that Venus, Inc. is a 1984 SFBC omnibus edition comprising The Space Merchants and The Merchant's War.
Posted on entry Glass flow ::: May 05, 2006, 01:28 PM:
Greg London:

Ovation guitars, while not made of carbon fiber, are made of a composite synthetic material, and have been around since the sixties.
Posted on entry Open thread 64 ::: May 01, 2006, 06:41 PM:
Re: QMS: it appears that Collector’s Choice Music has eight QMS titles, including original releases and best-of sets. I’ve found their stuff to be reliable.

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