James,

Apparently Mr. Steinberg found the little review I placed on
fatbrain.com this morning, and was somewhat displeased.  Despite the
fact that he's told ME not to contact HIM again, he proceeded to send me
another message.  Here it is... I've made no response to it, and don't
plan to.

Steve Todd
From: Gene Steinberg <gene@macnightowl.com>
            To: <haystack@tds.net>
            Subject: Trashing our work...
            Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 03:28:29 -0700
    
You are a piece of work, aren't you.

The comment area on Fatbrain is for reviews from people who have actually
read a book, not a sample chapter posted somewhere else.

I see your intent has just been to trash our work; you have no legitimate
comments to offer.

If you continue to attempt to defame us in this fashion, I ask your your ISP
to review your conduct.

I do not want to hear of you or from you ever again.

Gene Steinberg


James,

Steinberg has removed the entire message thread from his site.
Attached is the last letter hje sent me  I won't be posting on his site
or emailing him again, as he clearly asked me to quit contacting him.

Steve Todd (Haystack)

p.s.  My folks brought me up to address folks I've newly met as Mr. or
Ms. :)  And I'm probably not that much older than you are, so it's no
biggie to me. :)
From:
                                                                     4:34 AM
Subject: Re: Regarding the critique you wiped off your site this
morning...To: Haystack <haystack@tds.net>

Your new message was deleted, since it serves no purpose other than to start
a flamewar over bogus issues.

It has nothing to do with the book in question or entertainment-related
matters and is thus irrelevant to our site.

I am perfectly willing to allow constructive criticism and free discourse of
issues related to science fiction and the entertainment industry in general.
I am not willing to allow your destructive comments and false accusations to
continue to be spread there. I told you we did not previously delete your
messages, but since it's clear from the private communications I've had with
you that you are not quite in touch with the reality of the situation and
only wish to start trouble, I've removed the entire thread (if you posted
the same material, say, on AOL, they would act in the same fashion there,
only your online account would suffer).

Kindly take your filth to another site and do not write to me again.

Gene Steinberg