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Subject:	Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:09:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Selçuk Göre writes: > > By the way, why no body mentions Douglas Adam's Hitchiker series?..:-) Possibly because, while it's entertaining, it's also fairly straightforward farce with uneven characterization and plot. Don't get me wrong--I've read it all, and I quite enjoy it, but it lacks, to me, much of the strength of these other "canonical" works we've discussed. Dave!

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		Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
(...) I do think it's canonical farce, up there with Harvard Lampoon's "Bored of the Rings" and Gaimen/Pratchett's "Good Omens." -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
(...) I disagree. Douglas Adams is more a satirist. His books use incredible and unbelievable situations to bring to light many human characteristics, mainly greed and waste. Take his stuff in the same view as Mark Twain. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote in message news:387994b8.189490...net.com... (...) book (...) (another (...) Like gasoline and lighther?..:-) Great book anyway. Movie was also very nice. By the way, why no body mentions Douglas (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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