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   Steve Hayes to psperson@ix.netscom.com.invalid   
   Re: Is this group active?   
   16 Jun 17 09:32:02   
   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:56:05 -0700, Paul S. Person   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 14 Jun 2017 03:55:55 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:33:28 -0700, Paul S. Person   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Hello!   
   >>>   
   >>>Is anybody out there?   
   >>>   
   >>>Or has this group succumbed to the decline of Usenet?   
   >>   
   >>Not very active.   
   >>   
   >>It's declined a lot, like most ngs dealing with books and authors.   
   >>   
   >>I think it might be time for all fans of any of the Inklings  to try   
   >>to pool their resources here, in the hope of having someone to talk to   
   >>still.   
   >>   
   >>My suggestion is that if anyone posts in any of the separate groups   
   >>for Inklings authors (like alt.books.cs-lewis and   
   >>rec.arts.books.tolkien) they should also crosspost it here in the hope   
   >>that a few more people might see it.   
   >   
   >There is also an alt.fan.tolkien.   
   >   
   >I came here because I am reading William's /Descent of the Dove/ and   
   >had a question about "subinductae" -- but when I googled it this time,   
   >I found different information from last time, so it may take some time   
   >to formulate it.   
      
   Well do post it here. No guarantee  there'll be an answer, but you   
   never know.   
      
      
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