1.1) History (David Weber)
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This article is from the David Weber FAQ, by Cynthia Gonsalves/Daniel Bernstein with numerous contributions by others.
1.1) History (David Weber)
I'm willing to court graser fire, missile pods and other
flamage and release a FAQ for the new recruits. Please feel
free to email me with suggestions and corrections at the
address given at the beginning of this article.
Through the benevolence of the Usenet Deities, abd-w was
formed in June of 1997 (June 12th to be exact, and the
person who initiated the ng creation was David Ball) so that
Weber fans wouldn't have to wade through the masses of
postings in rec.arts.sf.written looking for tidbits. Of
course, that hasn't stopped many of us from lurking and
posting in rasfw, but now we have a place in cyberspace to
call our own. It seems that abd-w is actually fairly high
traffic for a group in the alt.books hierarchy, we are a
chatty bunch, even when there's no new stuff out. Right now,
it happens to be one of the busiest groups on my watch list!
Also, abd-w has been blessed with the presence of the
Master of Honor's Universe himself (aka Big Wizard Dave,
Himself, MWW, HWKABSM (see ABDW acronyms), etc.) when he's
not working on his next anxiously awaited release. Other
members of Dave's family or friends have been known to post
as well, and are sometimes privy to and allowed to give out
tantalizing little news releases (news releases that aren't
allowed are a form of snerking (see section 14 for a link to
the ROMANCE web page, which explains the concept)).
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