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Subject:Re: Famous tech. communicators in literature? From:Bill Burns <WBURNS -at- VAX -dot- MICRON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:05:15 MDT
Marc Paquette writes:
"If someone ever invites me to a costume party, I'd like to go as a famous,
fictional technical communicator."
Well, the only one I can come up with, and it's not a very positive example,
is Bartleby from "Bartleby the Scrivener." I'm not sure if his job really
constitutes technical writing. I could check. . .but "I'd prefer not to."
Bill Burns *
Assm. Technical Writer/Editor * "Purgamentum init,
Micron Technology, Inc. * exit purgamentum."
Boise, ID *
WBURNS -at- VAX -dot- MICRON -dot- COM * Henricus Barbatus
