Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!pesnta!amd!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-mrvax!ddb From: ddb@mrvax.DEC (DAVID DYER-BENNET MRO1-2/L14 DTN 231-4076) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Somtow Sucharitkol (sp?) Message-ID: <168@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 11:11:14 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.168 Posted: Wed Jan 9 11:11:14 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 05:23:24 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 17 He exists, he is a he. He was a guest of honor at Minicon last year. In addition to Mallworld, I've seen several other paperbacks recently. He also has released a vampire novel, marketed as mainstream or horror or something, under the pseudonym S. P. Somtow (publisher thought the horror market couldn't deal with his real name; at least, that's his story). You may notice how evasive I'm being about exact titles. I'm at work, they are at home. He will be "sucker guest of honor" (sometimes rendered as "sucker-it-kol guest of honor" at this year's Minicon. This is a longer story than it sounds like.... -- David Dyer-Bennet -- ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-mrvax!ddb