Contents
Wave 2 Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Bob Lacovara
So Long and Thanks! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Hans van der Veeke
About Paul Rhoads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Bob Lacovara
Post Facto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Laughing Mathematician
End Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dave Reitsema
Wave 2 Shipping
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News
The Wave Two books have arrived in Little Ferry,
New Jersey! At very long last, the second half of
the VIE sets destined for all non-European subscribers
has come to the factory space of a VIE subscriber and
supporter: Richard Factor.
Richard is a principal in the firm of Eventide, Inc.
Eventide manufactures electronic equipment for the avia-
tion industry, the music industry, and others. He has spare
warehouse space at the factory, and for the second time
has graciously made both his space and his dock equip-
ment available to the VIE. Richard’s good crew unloaded
the books from the tractor trailer on which they are
shipped from Milan (via ocean-going freighter) and the
books are now waiting to make one more trip: via Fed
Ex Ground to you if you live in the US, by USPS if you
live elsewhere.
We have plenty of work to do, if you are in a position
to volunteer to help us out next week in Little Ferry.
Little Ferry is near New York City, just off a NJ Turn-
pike exit. If you can spare some time in the day time
hours during the week of July 18–22. Drop a line to
rc_lacovara@comcast.net, and we’ll see if we can put you
to useful (and not unpleasant) work.
The second printing Readers volumes are now com-
pleted and the Deluxe volumes are being finished. Pack-
ing and shipping are planned for September. The Ellery
Queen volume is still being edited and will be printed
later this fall.
— Bob Lacovara
Number 63
July, 2005
COSMOPOLIS
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So long and thanks
for all the work!
by Hans van der Veeke
The job is done and we want to thank al