Attn: JMS -- Jack McDevitt question

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From: phb at world.std.com (Priscilla H Ballou)
Date: 27 Mar 1997 15:11:03 -0500
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I have a question.

I have recently discovered the SF of Jack McDevitt.  I started with
_Engines of God_, then read _Ancient Shores_, and am now moving backwards,
reading _A Talent for War_, which was published in 1989.

I've been enjoying _A Talent for War_ quite a bit.  After I got into it I
found my mind wandering to B5 -- the scope of the book and its being good
hard SF were what drew B5 into my mind, I think.  Immediately after I made
that connection, I turned the page and encountered a war ship called the
Straczynski.  I almost swallowed my teeth.

Is there some connection?  Are you and Jack McDevitt connected in some way
beyond both being wonderfully inventive SF writers?  

Thanks!

Priscilla



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 28 Mar 1997 01:48:55 -0500
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Yeah, the Starship Straczynski is in Jack's novel as a result of a charity
auction.  I could never do it in my own work, but the idea of a starship
with that name was very funny to me, and I held my own in the auction
(this was a long time ago) against a woman with an even longer and more
convoluted name than my own to get that one.


 jms




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