<div>Stanley Schmidt, well known for being the editor of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, has written a non-fiction futurist tome along the lines of Damien Broderick's work "The Spike." </div>
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<div>Schmidt's E.T.-like tale called "Tweedlioop" is one of the very few science fiction novels that my mother ever enjoyed reading. I look forward to meeting him at the Phoenix FiestaCon going on next month. </div>
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<div>John</div>
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