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Re: Alien and gravity
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Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:17:30 GMT
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mattdm-usenet@mattdm&SayNoToSpam&.org
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote:
> I think I had a different edition, because the one I read was pretty much
> the standard "wait-for-the-monster-to-escape-and-then-run-from-it." It was
> more deeply developed than the film, but it was still only so-so.
I didn't say it was *great*. And certainly not deep. I guess I'm just
relatively impressed by it because as I recall, the ending doesn't
completely suck -- an impressive feat given the author's standard style.
("Oh, the volcano erupts and kills all the bad things.", "Oh, all of the
virus simultaneously mutates and is no longer harmful to humans.")
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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| In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes: <snip> (...) Lemme guess! Lemme guess! Congo? and The Andromeda Strain? but I thought that was something you got from looking up at stars too long... punnily yours, --Electro-- (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I think I had a different edition, because the one I read was pretty much the standard "wait-for-the-monste...-from-it." It was more deeply developed than the film, but it was still only so-so. As much as I enjoyed Jeff Goldblum (and why, by (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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