Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!dartvax!johnc From: johnc@dartvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Alan Turing biography Message-ID: <1828@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 02:21:31 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.1828 Posted: Tue Jun 12 02:21:31 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jun-84 23:50:35 EDT References: <7862@watmath.UUCP>, <7864@watmath.UUCP>, <7869@watmath.UUCP>, <695@druky.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College Lines: 17 I had not heard of Turing much before he was brought up in this group (I'm only a HS senior, not much CS yet), but I did see a mention of him today in someplace other than the net -- Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. He was mentioned a couple of times in 'Resurrection' by Damien Broderick. The story did mention his sexual orientation (right word?), but only in passing. "Poor Alan had taken his own life in 1954, hounded by bigots who would not tolerate his sexual pre- ferences ..." Not only that, but the story wasn't bad either :-> --johnc [ astrovax, linus, decvax, cornell ] ! dartvax ! johnc