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Re: Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:06:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > That's an interesting stance. Did he write the _Gap_ books? I had a friend
> > reading them who thought the psychology of the characters was so incredibly
> > deep (read twisted and melodramatic) that it must surely qualify as some of
> > the best SF of all time. I disagreed.
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> You say "disagreed" like you mean "thought he was a loony" :)
Did you mean "he" my friend, or "he" the author? Either way, you were right,
except that this particular friend was a woman.
> By about halfway through the first one, I was wondering if there were any
> people that weren't horribly extreme caricatures in the setting. I never
> really lost that sense of wonder...
I think I finished the first two books and had to politely excuse myself from
the series when Beth tried to foist the next book on me. Your awe at the
characters is exactly how I felt. Unfortuneately, it included nausea.
> > Chris (Who thinks that Vinge writes the best SF.)
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> Vinge writes good stuff.
I thought that I might clarify this...I mean Vinge, Vernor -- not Vinge, Joan
D. (Who is OK, but not a master.)
Chris
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| (...) Um, she'd be a mistress. :-) <GD&R> ... actually I understand that Vernor made an honest woman(1) of her for some while but they parted friends. 1 - you know, that phrase just bugs me, it seems wrong somehow. Seems to devalue love for (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've never actually read much MZB that wasn't a short story, and I've never had strong feelings about her one way or the other. I haven't read any Darkover, because I hate coming into the middle of a story or setting, and I've never had (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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