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|    Your Name to Jack Bohn    |
|    Re: [OT] US Sweepstakes: Win classic sci    |
|    01 Nov 17 08:53:50    |
      From: YourName@YourISP.com              On 2017-10-31 13:50:48 +0000, Jack Bohn said:              > Your Name wrote:       >> For American entries only. :-(       >       > Sorry. But understand, they only need to collect the names and       > addresses of people in America.              It's partly due to the over-complicated rules and regulations they       would have to follow to be able to run the competition in other       countries.              Technically I could cheat. I could enter with a free ".com" email       address and then use the New Zealand Post's redirection system that       allows parcels to be delivered to a US address and then forwarded to       New Zealand ... but that's expensive, so would probably be cheaper to       simply buy the books myself (especially since I know someone who works       in the local divions and can get 60% off the retail prices).                            >> Build your library with a collection of classic science fiction and fantasy       >> novels! We're giving away thirty-two books from timeless SFF authors like       >> Philip K. Dick, T.H. White, Anne McCaffrey, and Samuel R. Delaney, plus       >> some bookish swag from our friends at Out of Print! Enter for a chance to       >> win.       >       > I must admit, of the list, I've only read thirteen, with eight I've       > never heard of and couldn't guess the author; I'm so out of touch.              I have read some of them (unfortunately, in the case of the likes of       "2001" and "Dune") and heard of most of the others ... but "Google [or       Amazon] is your fiend". :-)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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