.	Welcome to	An Idea Exchange Vehicle for Contagious Concepts.
	The	..Illustrated Spiral Sea There is no star so far that a determined mind cannot reach it. -- J Othersky, This Lonely Star
	DEL SOLSPOT GRANDE			In this Issue: . SF&F FICTION: . KATE THORNTON H. David Blalock William C. Burns, Jr. Jay Othersky Jack Egan . TRUE ADVENTURE Ports-of-Call: . Russia As I See It & 10 Days in August -Shirley Timashev . In Wake of Thunder: Bosnia & Croatia . Kosovo Journal . View from 65 North -Larry Ledlow . Backpacking Africa -Carla & Lisa Hackett . SPECULATIONS: . Only Kirk Could Go To China -Orv Butler & J. Egan
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		ILLUSTRATIONS by Egan, Fiederer, Lewis and others		And re-presenting The ARK  of TITAN

In Memoriam	POUL ANDERSON 1926 - 2001
Poul & his mother Astrid	Poul and wife / writing partner Karen at the Bear home in 1999, reading an essay by grandson Erik. What a grand legacy. Thank you, Poul.
-- Photos courtesy Greg Bear