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Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:58:00 GMT
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@IHATESPAMsuperonline.com>
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Michael Horvath <mikehorvath@juno.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes:
> > Ben Olmstead/BEM <bem@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
> > > Neal Stephenson: Either _Snow Crash_ or _The Diamond Age_. These two
> > > are my favorite books _ever_, so don't knock 'em. ;-)
> >
> > Have you read The Big U?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Matthew Miller ---> • mattdm@mattdm.org
> > Quotes 'R' Us ---> • http://quotes-r-us.org/
> >
> Anyone read Ursula K. LeGuin? My favorite is "The Lathe of Heaven". All • her
> books make me kind of paranoid. Probably because of how she integrtates
> religion so seamlessly. But then, religious ideas do tend to hit you in a
> certain spot more than others. (Some religions, anyway. Others just make • you
> feel guilty, unworthy, or subserviant to a God unknown.)
I like her books. They are different, though. Much less technology, much
more social tid bits.
What about Stanislav Lem, Paul Anderson, Aldous Huxley and Stradivartsky(?)
Brothers?
Selçuk
> As for Stephenson, I like "The Diamond Age" more, simply because it deals • with
> particle manipulation or digitization (though this happens on a • greater-than-
> binary level in his novel). This brings the digital age back to a more
> clockwork-l;ike level, like in the old days when computers were nothing • more
> than gears and dials powered by kinetic energy, as opposed to electrical • (much
> more efficient).
> Mike
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