From: Thom Quinn (swo@execpc.com)
Date: Tue Jun 02 1998 - 17:31:52 MDT
Your on the list! Sometime next week, I'll get back to you on the
progress. Many core transhumanists seem to think its a good idea too.
Thom
Kathryn Aegis wrote:
>
> Thom, this is a wonderful idea. What we desperately need right now are
> publishing venues for transhumanist ideas--as many as possible! I
> would very much like to have a
> book to place on my bookshelf that contains a variety of viewpoints,
> ideas and essays that reflect the diversity within transhumanist
> thought. So many people enjoy browsing through friends' bookshelves,
> or in bookstores, or sharing books and this is an excellent way to reach the
> ninety percent of the world that does not have a web browser.
>
> Please put me on your list as a contributor. I would bet there's
> something sitting in my hard drive right now that would suit....
>
> Sin,
>
> Kathryn Aegis
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> > From postmaster@extropy.com Mon Jun 1 22:52:38 1998
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> > Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 00:13:32 -0500
> > From: Thom Quinn <swo@execpc.com>
> > To: extropians@extropy.com
> > Subject: Call for papers
> > Sender: postmaster@extropy.com
> > Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
> >
> > I posted this to the WTA list, but I thought some extropians might be
> > interested.
> > --------
> >
> > I am currently working on a book about Transhumanism---but I have an
> > idea for another project. I was wondering if anyone from here would be
> > interested in putting together a "Transhumanist Reader" which would be a
> > collection of different essays that would represent a wide variety of
> > transhumanist concepts. A book like that would be a NYT best seller,
> > right? Well, ok, no, such a book is not likely to sell very well as
> > trashumanist memes now are not that popular (which is funny, considering
> > all the space in bookstores devoted to NEW AGE topics). There would
> > probably not be a huge profit, especially if a group of authors
> > contribute, unless suddenly these memes take off--which would be the
> > point of putting out the book!
> >
> > If interested, please, email me at thomquinn@esosoft.com or
> > evolu@evolutionary.org
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Thom Quinn
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