dramatis personae
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CALVINS <constantreaders@losersclub.com>
The original five:
* Michael Copeland <michael.copeland@gmail.com>. Forty-six. Prior to January 1, 2009, he was the head of the Tet Corporation department referred to officially as Research & Analysis, and unofficially as the Calvins.
* Andrea Faber Wilkes <afaber@hotmail.com>. In her late fifties; vaguely grandmotherly, vaguely Angela Lansbury.
* Janet Creeque <greenkirtle@gmail.com>. Mid-thirties, the youngest of the original five. Wrote her senior thesis on intertextuality in the works of Stephen King.
* Neil Harkham <nhark395@aol.com>. Retired professor of English literature, in his sixties. Was Janet's advisor in college.
* Greg Toman <admin1@losersclub.com>. Forty-eight. King's Number One Fan. In his misspent youth he was editor/collator of the Stephen King fanzine The Losers' Club, which was how he and Copeland first met; it has since morphed into an online discussion board that he used to co-moderate before joining the Calvins. When the Calvins were disbanded, he started up the new mailing list for Project Renegade.
From the new cadre:
* Jason Parker <parkerboy@gmail.com>. Thirty. Thinks Stephen King is a hack, hates his writing style, is nonetheless one of the most dedicated of the new cadre. Became aware that King's stories were true as a result of an encounter with one of his supernatural terrors.
* Zee Hayden <zeenotzed@gmail.com>. Twenty-eight. Grad student in folklore, fond of Campbellian archetypes and Russian Formalism.
* Tara Wilson <priatoigan@gmail.com> (also <tarantula@hotmail.com>). Thirty-two. Has a tattoo of the word delah in the script of Gilead.
* Todd Penfield <mosaicmaker@gmail.com>. Twenty-five. Discovered the Dark Tower series in the course of writing a research paper on deconstruction of the King Arthur canon in contemporary fantasy.
* Ethan Yadlow <mightydwarf@gmail.com>. Nineteen. College senior majoring in English Lit with an emphasis in poetry. Has worked for the Calvins as an intern on summer and winter vacations.
The original five:
* Michael Copeland <michael.copeland@gmail.com>. Forty-six. Prior to January 1, 2009, he was the head of the Tet Corporation department referred to officially as Research & Analysis, and unofficially as the Calvins.
* Andrea Faber Wilkes <afaber@hotmail.com>. In her late fifties; vaguely grandmotherly, vaguely Angela Lansbury.
* Janet Creeque <greenkirtle@gmail.com>. Mid-thirties, the youngest of the original five. Wrote her senior thesis on intertextuality in the works of Stephen King.
* Neil Harkham <nhark395@aol.com>. Retired professor of English literature, in his sixties. Was Janet's advisor in college.
* Greg Toman <admin1@losersclub.com>. Forty-eight. King's Number One Fan. In his misspent youth he was editor/collator of the Stephen King fanzine The Losers' Club, which was how he and Copeland first met; it has since morphed into an online discussion board that he used to co-moderate before joining the Calvins. When the Calvins were disbanded, he started up the new mailing list for Project Renegade.
From the new cadre:
* Jason Parker <parkerboy@gmail.com>. Thirty. Thinks Stephen King is a hack, hates his writing style, is nonetheless one of the most dedicated of the new cadre. Became aware that King's stories were true as a result of an encounter with one of his supernatural terrors.
* Zee Hayden <zeenotzed@gmail.com>. Twenty-eight. Grad student in folklore, fond of Campbellian archetypes and Russian Formalism.
* Tara Wilson <priatoigan@gmail.com> (also <tarantula@hotmail.com>). Thirty-two. Has a tattoo of the word delah in the script of Gilead.
* Todd Penfield <mosaicmaker@gmail.com>. Twenty-five. Discovered the Dark Tower series in the course of writing a research paper on deconstruction of the King Arthur canon in contemporary fantasy.
* Ethan Yadlow <mightydwarf@gmail.com>. Nineteen. College senior majoring in English Lit with an emphasis in poetry. Has worked for the Calvins as an intern on summer and winter vacations.