Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 01:16:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Straight 
Subject: Re: (urth) Newt's main referent

On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Alice K. Turner wrote:

> Good call, Nick. Some major convention (WorldCon, I guess) was held in, I
> think, Atlanta in the 80s and Newt, for reasons that I think had to do with
> Bruce Sterling, was the banquet speaker.

Also, at the time, Newt was one of the most famous science-fiction writers
in America (along with William Shatner and, arguably, Stephen King).

-Rostrum



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