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Message no. 1
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Deep Geek [was: ASIST Converter]
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:24:41 -0500
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At 05:43 PM 11/24/98 +1000, Lady Jestyr wrote:
>>item. (Forget the Deep Resonance for a moment, there would also be a
>>distinct "Deep Geek" appeal.)
>
>*rofl*
>
>You have no idea how much I just hurt myself laughing. :-)
>
>"Deep Geek"... *chortle*

The phrase is actually from "The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook" by St. Jude,
R.U. Sirius
and Bart Nagel. They list "Deep Geek" as a type of cyberpunk, though
in my posting, I might have implied a wider scope to it than the
original definition has:

>>>>>Deep Geek:
>Supernerds, Hackers, Wizards, Phone Phreakers
>Things get difficult here. Deep geekware is unstandard.
> Very heavy Wizards can look like accountants, or like
>streetpeople. Facial hair and Goodwill Casual happen a lot.
> Chubby happens too, since these guys don't do enough
>dancing in leather pants. To get along in this scene, you
>really need to be very smart, very funny, or very sexy. To
>work yourself up to smart at least, learn UNIX. Or carry
>the 2600 zine in your back pocket and read that. Practice
>being technical. But until you get good, wear your
>cyberbasics and never leave home without your laser pointer.
>This will draw the admiration of people who don't know any
>better, which has its own rewards.

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Message no. 2
From: Tony Rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Deep Geek [was: ASIST Converter]
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:43:02 -0600
>The phrase is actually from "The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook" by St.
Jude,
>R.U. Sirius
>and Bart Nagel. They list "Deep Geek" as a type of cyberpunk, though
>in my posting, I might have implied a wider scope to it than the
>original definition has:


LOL! Where is this one available from?

Tony Rabiola
rabiola@**.netcom.com
Fourth and Sixth World Adept
(still working on the Fifth)
Proud owner BABY #972
Message no. 3
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Deep Geek [was: ASIST Converter]
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:28:43 -0500
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At 12:43 PM 11/24/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>The phrase is actually from "The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook" by St.
>Jude,
>>R.U. Sirius
>>and Bart Nagel.

>LOL! Where is this one available from?

Excerpts of it are at:
http://www.etext.org/Gutenberg/etext97/fakeb10.txt


Hmm. A quick search of the big three online booksellers: Amazon,
Barnes & Noble, and Borders reveals that this book has gone out of
print:


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679762302/qid%3D911933560/002-55
49801-5373265


http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid"QMZS2
JX3&mscssid=NC26VQ6PGKS12NHV00C0NDAQ5NXSD19Q&pcount=&isbn79762302


http://search.borders.com/fcgi-bin/db2www/search/search.d2w/Details?&med
iaType=Book&prodID046834


Books.com also lists it as out of print:


http://www.books.com/scripts/view.exe?sid~Z0vUOvpsJfO6rmI/isbn~067976230
2


I think alt.bookstore has it actually in stock yet:

http://www.altbookstore.com/user/fr45ff34w.html


And so does booksnow.com:


http://www.booksnow.com/cgi-bin/tame.exe/booksnow/returndetail.tam?&item
79762302


You might also want to check with your local booksellers, they might
have it in stock, or would be able to order it for you. (The publisher
was Random House, and the ISBN was 0679762302).

(Oh, BTW, since PGP wordwraps when it signs an email, you might have
to cut and paste these urls back together)


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