[lojban] Re: promoting a conlang

[Jim Cheetham <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 04:11, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> > Does anyone with a foot in the Esperanto camp know how successful
> > Harry 
> > Harrison's "Stainless Steel Rat" books were for promoting Esperanto
> > use? 
> 
> i don't know the answer to your question, but i'll bet it was
> practically nil.  i have the esperanto version of the first book,
> unread because i didn't enjoy the story in english. 

In British versions of the books, the postal address of the Esperanto
Society was provided, along with an explanation that "Esperanto is not
made up for this story, it is real and alive ..."

However, I only bothered following up with Esperanto when I discovered
that you could run through course-work via email, having your work
'marked' by a real Esperanto speaker within a couple of days. That was
pre-IRC, so things might be swifter these days ... :-)

-djim