.	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 William C. Burns, Jr. Jay Othersky Jack Egan . TRUE ADVENTURE Ports-of-Call: . Russia As I See It -Shirley Timashev . In Wake of Thunder: Bosnia & Croatia -Larry Ledlow . Backpacking Africa -Carla & Lisa Hackett . SPECULATIONS: . Only Kirk Could Go To China -Orv Butler & J. Egan .
	. ILLUSTRATIONS by Egan, Fiederer, Lewis and others .	NOTE: Due to delays created by the current crisis, the November-December issue will be out Nov 21st. Featured will be: -Kosovo Diary 1999, from L. Ledlow -Moscow Summer 1991, from S. Timashev -The Last Pilgrim, by H.D. Blalock -More speculations-More fiction-More graphics		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