“…geologists and petroleum engineers are really cool people.”

Good, glad you’ve noticed that. I’m a geologist who spent his career in the mining business. We have a summer place near Santa Fe now, in Eldorado. Maybe I can buy you a coffee sometime, trade oil/gas for mining stories. Or how I almost dropped Michael Swanwick’s wife into the Pecos river, a couple of winters ago.

Cheers — Pete Tillman
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“There’s absolutely nothing like the sheer joy of diving into a piece of
fiction and just making shit up, feeling the words come purling from the
keyboard and the characters start moving around and talking and meeting
each other. It’s incredible.” –Nicola Griffith,
www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030929/griffith_interview.shtml

Peter, are you retired now? Where do you live when you’re not in Santa Fe? Keep in touch when you head out this way, and we can compare schedules. And how do you know Michael and his wife?

Ah, found it (this entry).

Yeah, mostly retired. I know Michael from helping to set up & maintain his website
http://www.michaelswanwick.com

–and met him & his wife when they were in NM for the Williamson thing at Portales a few years back. Took them on day trip to Pecos NM & Villanueva SP.

We’ll be back to NM mid-May, cats & plants in tow. I’ll drop you a line when we get settled.

Cheers — Pete Tillman
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From the Livingston County (Mich.) Daily Press and Argus:
‘Search for Woman in Fertilized Egg Suit Goes Nationwide.’

“British Cloning Scientists to Pay for Eggs”– UPI headline, 7/27/06