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[Susan Fox-Davis]

"Chase Wildstar" writes:

<Not too sure who is the oldest in this group, but nearing 4 decades, I
think im one of them Erania.>

Hello, I'm Susan Fox-Davis, aged 43.  Longtime science fiction fan geek,
Los Angeles area.  I work for an entertainment industry news service,
the pay isn't much but the perks are interesting, I get to go to critics
screenings and such so I saw "Chamber" before anybody else.  My other
hobby organizations are Starfleet [Star Trek, www.sfi.org] and the
Society for Creative Anachronism [Euro-history from the fall of Rome to
the end of the Renaissance, www.sca.org] and the Los Angeles Science
Fantasy Society [www.lasfs.org] which is where I met my husband of 21
years.  Fortunately, the hubby is as wild about Harry as I am.

I got hooked on Harry Potter because of the sensation the series made in
book biz.  Pre-teens lining up to be the first at midnight on the day of
release to buy... a BOOK?!  Amazing.  So I just had to read them and got
very hooked indeed.  I'm collecting the US hardbacks and the UK "adult
cover" paperbacks, just for the incredibly clever marketing idea that
is.

I've perused some of Fiction Alley but have no idea which are the best
stories to read until it's too late.  <rolling eyes>  Recommendations
welcome;  what I really like is Good Storytelling.

Married, no kids, lots of friends' kids "nieces 'n' nephews," one dog.

I do happen to know one other HPFGU listee whom I know to be older than
I am, since she is the elder sister of a former schoolmate of mine, but
I won't bust her without her say-so.

Susan Fox-Davis
selene at earthlink.net