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Re: Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:24:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Chris (Who thinks that Vinge writes the best SF.)
He's surely up there. However his latest wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped
(it seemed to end rather implausibly after a setup for apparent
invincibility by the villians).
Here's hoping we never have an Emergency here.
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| (...) Hmm. I didn't see that. I thought that he did a good job of plausibly giving Pham appropriate advantages in order to allow him to cleverly win. Actually, I think it was his best work yet. Because Star Wars was so much better than what had come (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I read all the Darkover books as a kid. My tastes have refined considerably since then and when I tried to read a more recent one as a young adult (19-21 or so) I just couldn't do it. It was disappointing. (...) I think the key here is (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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