(urth) How list works and questions to mailers
Adam Thornton
adam at io.com
Sun May 11 15:58:26 PDT 2008
On May 11, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Matthew Groves wrote:
> Just had to say hello to a fellow St. Louisan. "Where'd you go to
> high school?" and all that. Go Cards.
>
> I became a sf fan in high school, with Robert A. Heinlein. I credit
> his influence for my increasingly libertarian leanings. Since high
> school there has been a long time when I didn't read any fantasy or
> sf. Then I discovered Wolfe quite by accident and became a devoted
> fan. It's a shame he isn't better known, but he's an ambitious writer
> and demands a great deal from the reader.
Well, I grew up outside of Atlanta. So "Westminster" won't help you
much, I'm afraid. I only moved to St. Louis in 2000. Do you still
live here?
I grew up on Heinlein too. Libertarianism didn't stick, but the idea
that a person *ought* to be competent at a broad range of things
certainly did.
Adam
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