Hi All-- My point was that the "printed example" wasn't an
example; I was not
"calling Brian to the mat" for anything, I'm genuinely
interested and would really like the facts; I know perfectly
well he was not the original poster; and any "twisting"
happening here is yours, Terril.
Metta, Ivan
On Nov 26, 2007 5:48 PM, Terrill Lankford <
lankford2000@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Ivan Van Laningham <
ivanlan9@gmail.com>
> >Sent: Nov 26, 2007 3:36 PM
> >To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Burroughs' "Martian
Chronicles"
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> >Hi All--
> >I've never seen any compilation by Burroughs
entitled that. A quick
> >google revealed multiple ERB bibliographic
sites; I checked several,
> >and found no instances of "chronicle" anywhere,
unless it happened to
> >mention Bradbury's book. The only instance that
came up on
> >www.bookfinder.com for author "Burroughs" and
title "Martian
> >Chronicles" was to a single listing for "Gods of
Mars, The - Martian
> >Chronicles, vol. 2", a 1979 Ballantine
paperback. That subtitle was
> >never used for earlier Ballantine editions--I
know, 'cause I had most
> >of them.
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> >Can you point me to a bibliographic reference
that might give the
> publisher?
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> >Metta,
> >Ivan
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> Isn't one printed example enough to put this
incredibly off-topic
> discussion to rest? Do we have to keep beating this
poor dead Martian?
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> Even if Brian had mistakenly confused the two
different works (which he did
> not), he's not even the one who originally
introduced Burroughs into the
> discussion (which seemed a little ridiculous at the
time). He was merely
> riffing on the original post. Then all of a sudden
he was being called onto
> the mat for bringing it up. Which he had
not.
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> It's kind of amazing how things keep getting so
twisted about as of late on
> rara-avis. It almost seems like some form of
madness.
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-- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.pauahtun.org/ http://www.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningham.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours
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