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Subject: Re: (Big Hair Big Guns!) Fevre Dream by George R R Martin
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 10:50:17 -0700
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On 8/1/24 06:15, James Nicoll wrote:
> Fevre Dream by George R R Martin
> 
> Steamboat entrepreneur Abner Marsh is rescued from financial disaster
> by a mysterious benefactor who is curiously averse to direct sunlight.
> 
> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/got-the-fever

I listened to Fevre Dream whilst doing my organlegger job. Lots of hours 
stack up between Boulder Creek and Sacramento via San Francisco Airport 
and then home or Boulder Creek, to the airport, to UCSF Hospital and 
back. I thoroughly enjoyed it. If his info on riverboats was correct 
(adding fat to the firebox to increase heat, etc.), I learned a bit 
about them in the process.

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Dave Scruggs
Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
Board of Directors - Boulder Creek Fire Protection District (What was I 
thinking?)