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@leslie @grammargirl still is if you own your own copyrights. If you're splitting with a publisher, it's $1,500.

@raymaccarthy Yes, I think most of us know how it came about. But it was insanely short-sighted, if I'm being generous.

This is huge for Who fans. The first and third episodes of The Dalek Master Plan have been found.

Two ‘lost’ Doctor Who episodes found in donated tape collection

Recovered episodes are from third season of hit sci-fi series

The Independent (www.the-independent.com)

Andre Norton is probably the all time winner for long passages without dialog, whom I've read. Reading "Storm Over Warlock," and then "Ordeal in Otherwhere" -- multiple 20-30 page sequences without a word spoken, and this is an experience I've frequently had with her books.

Don't hear me saying they're bad books. They do tend to be what used to be called boy's books, adventure novels, but they are well done. Could be shorter: "And then I climbed down the mountain. What have you been up to?"

@GreatBigTable @cstross After two bouts of COVID I had to start taking a smart drug to be myself again. I don't know if it's long COVID or repeated hospitalizations (or both) ... but with modafinil I'm me all day long, and without I'm an old man.