Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:17:05 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> 
> did spake, saying:
> 
>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>> GIYF or more precise WIYF - Phobos the Robot Planet by Paul Capon? 
>>> Not one I've read.
>>
>> Actually, it looks more like "Lost, a Moon". No mention of Phobos in 
>> the title. Phobos the Robot Planet was published the same year. I'm 
>> suspecting it was the same story published under two names. The cover 
>> of "Lost, a Moon" is definitely something I remember.
> 
> I've found it rare but it's really annoying when that happens 'Oo look a 
> book by my favourite author I haven't got. Oh wait it's just the same as 
> one I do have, but with a different title".

That happened so often with me and music (compilation disks of stuff I 
already had) that I bought/wrote software to scrape CDDB and stick into 
my palm pilot all the CDs I own sorted by track and author.

I also wound up with James Blish's "Starship" twice.  Same time period, 
same kind of thing.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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