DARK SWIL - A SWILNEWS ON A LOW BUDGET
SEPTEMBER 27, 1991

     IMPORTANT MAILING LIST INFO: We are approaching the point where
we're going to cut down our mailing list. If you are a freshling who
hasn't been to a meeting yet you will be dropped from the mailing list
unless you show up to the meeting this Saturday (9/28) or next Saturday,
or unless you ask me (Jeff Hildebrand, for those uncertain of who is
writing these silly things) to keep you on the list. Everyone who gets
paper mail SWILnewses is reminded that switching to e-mail saves paper and
makes things easier for me. To switch, send e-mail to jhildeb1.

     Ren Faire trip is this Sunday. If you are uncertain about
transportation details show up at the meeting or talk to Josh Smith.

     Next Friday, October 4th the Pterodactyls will descend on Parrish
and vicinity. We still need a few orc and hobgoblins. If you've
volunteered to be a monster, make sure you know where you're supposed to
be (and when). If you don't know talk to Stephen Sample. (Also any other
general questions about the hunt go to him.) If we get rained out (it
will have to be heavy rain to postpone it, but it could happen) then the
rain date is Saturday the 12th.

     SWIL the 13th: Reunion Part II is rapidly approaching. We have a
design for the reunion t-shirt (posted on the SWIL board in Parrish.) The
"official" colors for the shirt will be black ink on red or royal blue
shirts, but there will be pre-orders which will allow you to get a
different color shirt. There is a sign-up sheet also on the SWIL board
(and it will be at the meeting tomorrow).  There will also be reprints
done of old t-shirts so for all those who have arrived since the last
round of reprints was done, this is your chance to get a copy of all
those great SWIL shirts you've seen around.

     An addition to something mentioned last week. The fifth season of
Star Trek: The Next Generation will indeed start this Saturday at 7pm on
channel 29. It is the finale of an all-day Star Trek marathon to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of ST.

     Review: _Synners_ by Pat Cadigan. (reviewed by Jeff Hildebrand) This
book is clearly a product of the Cyberpunk movement of the '80s.
(Although it didn't see print until this year.) Cadigan has created a
near future Los Angeles run by large corporations on the top, but with a
seamy underground of computer hackers, musicians, and other disreputable
people. (So to speak.)  It's a fairly standard set-up but Cadigan manages
to throw several twists in to keep it interesting. However when the book
finally gets around to the main plot about a computer super-virus it
seems to falter. Overall it's strongly recommended for setting, tolerated
for plot.

     Late in the last meeting Annie Fox made the mistake of showing up
for her third meeting in a row and so was officially dismembered.
Attendance from 9/21/91 meeting: Nao "_There_ - edudna" Parkhurst [Well,
something like that.], Stephen "God of the folkdance server" Sample, Deb
"To shadow or not to shadow" Sam, Charles "caught-22" Deily, Dan (no
title today) Levi, Eric (This is getting a little strange) Nute, Andrea
(Getting strange? It's been strange.) Hall, Beth "My keys were in my
purse lining and my roommate turned off my alarm so I'm not going crazy."
Bruch, Josh "Peter Jennings Bryan" Smith, David "?-.-?;?-.?" Auer,
jere7my "Traumatic love life? HA!" tho?rpe, Topher "just here for the
fight" LeRoy, Susan Ruff, Melissa "Here to there in 7 minutes" Shaner,
Maeghan "I was here but not here the last 2 weeks" Maloney, Robert
Richardson "Existence is useless", Susannah "Sheesh. The Second Great
Awakening is putting me to sleep" Hauze, Chris Hogendorn - Now in his 3rd
decade, Deb "colors" Holtzman, Dave "No shit, I was here" Szent-Gyorgyi
'83, Andy "Ideological effects of the basic cinematic apparatus" Perry,
David "Piano Man" Randall [For those who weren't there, David hid under
the piano for the first 40 minutes of the meeting before popping out to
surprise people], Annie "12:30 _is_ early on a Saturday" Fox, Solar
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