John Sladek (was PK Dick (Was: "+" sign in a navigation tree))

["Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com>]

One of the best sci-fi writers of all time (John Sladek) WAS a tech
writer at the start and end of his career.  His output includes a (slyly
funny) book on using XYWrite as well as the classic Tik Tok and Roderick
the Robot stories.  One of his later works is about techwriters at a
corporation in Minnesota, well worth seeking out.  Title is "Bugs", and
its pretty hard to find.

Jessica Weissman
Hillcrest Laboratories

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Subject: Re: PK Dick (Was: "+" sign in a navigation tree)

I agree!

Turning this back (almost) on-topic... scifi authors (such as Dick) 
were actually one of the major reasons I wanted to go into Tech 
Writing!

If you read scifi, no clarification is necessary. If you don't read 
scifi... your loss.

;)
Arroxane

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