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When do we break from the past?

We received an email from one of the teeming millions (an apt term, borrowed from Cecil Adams of The Straight Dope), and it deserved a guest editorial spot:

Although I didn’t know it at the time I’ve been a Deep […]

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No comments? Why moderation?

We have closed our comments yesterday due to a quickly deteriorating signal-to-noise ratio. Unfortunately, our warning was ignored by the intended recipients.

Our comments facility was never intended to be a public forum. It is simply a quick and convenient way to […]

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This is what tomorrow holds

Recently we at The Highway Star were contacted by a person who was concerned that one of the comments on our site contains an untrue statement and asked if the comment in question could be removed. We refused to remove […]

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What others say


Top Site 2004

From The Top

Ian Gillan, Caramba! (Q&A 47, Oct 2002):

I think The Highway Star is an excellent site, and operates best within its existing ethos. [..] So, please continue to support The Highway Star with positive contributions, it’s […]

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Contributors

Name: Hanako Akasaka

Email: hana_ko875@mail.goo.ne.jp

What: When Hanako isn’t doing translations for our Japanese edition, she is either constructing wickedly devious puzzles or those cuddly amigurumi dolls (Beanie Babies, watch out!!).


Name: Brian Currin

Email: brian.currin@new.co.za

What: Brian is an inveterate and painstaking catalogist, based out […]

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Past editors

Name: Akiko Hada

Email: akiko@bunnies.de

What: Akiko is a Japanese artist living in Europe, aiding and abetting us occasionally (along with her valiant assistants Kousa and Usako) when the opportunity arises.


Name: Dave Hodgkinson

Email: daveh@hodgkinson.org

What: Dave, when not working on a secret NATO research project involving lab mice, large […]

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Who to blame

 

Name: Wolf Schneider

Email: lonewolf@thehighwaystar.com

What: Often found flying stunt kites on a wind-swept beach in Canada’s Wet Coast, Wolf’s alter-ego Chief Old Wrens is an archivist of arcane and obscure knowledge since trying to compete with Stathis as a collector of DP […]

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About us

The DP editorial team? Yes I can picture you now, shirtsleeves rolled up, smoke hanging in the dusty room, a single light bulb holding back the gloom, all of you wearily slouched around a scuffed up conference table. Empty coffee […]

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THS publication policy

The Highway Star is a site run by the fans, for the fans. Most of the material on THS was not written by ourselves, but submitted by our readers. Here are some ground rules for submissions.

  • All submissions must be […]
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