Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/dreams-of-a-past-life-the-diplomacy-days

Comment #209

2009-01-15T15:50:16Z

Previous message was D. I have now gone through it and have found what makes it clear as a fake. But again, maybe because I knew that there was something to look for. S

Comment #208

2009-01-15T12:01:53Z

dstb, does that mean you found the part of the poem that makes clear that the issue is fake? If so, you are the first ever to do so, to my knowledge.

Comment #207

2009-01-15T04:16:24Z

The poem seems pretty direct to me, although that may be because you said it was fake.

Comment #206

2009-01-15T01:51:43Z

Well, that's pretty much the most important. :)

Comment #205

2009-01-14T23:57:06Z

Pretty much the only part of this post that I get is Janet's face in the photo.

Comment #204

2009-01-14T19:54:15Z

Oops, crossed comments. Thanks, Heather. I'm amazed you remember Dip City.

Comment #203

2009-01-14T19:42:10Z

Bizarre, I know. No one in the hobby would have believed what I wrote about Bill, and I would have thought including myself amongst the "hobby greats" would have made it clear. The poem is both more subtle and more direct. I believe what we concluded was that, rather than recognizing it as a fake, people figured that Don had published a wacky issue himself.

Good for you for figuring out the quote! I don't think anyone else did. I'm afraid Hoof and Mouth is no longer publishing...what would you like your free issue to be? :)

Comment #202

2009-01-14T19:03:21Z

I remember that cartoon! With the boxy, primitive computer graphics...

What I am most impressed with is that you made that issue when Janet was four months old.

I like the poem a lot, and the whole issue, too.

Comment #201

2009-01-14T16:34:48Z

The 'zine is funny (at least if you know the characters)! People didn't get it? Even given the "games" section? I have to admit I had to look up where the quote came from. It sounded familiar and my guess was C.S. Lewis and your bit at the end made me think it was from Perelandra. And surely that gave it away to folks? (And sorry, I don't know enough or have the time to get your poem)