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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 16:48:27 GMT
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(jsproat@io)spamless(.com)
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Dave Schuler wrote:
> 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.
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
--
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"Hello. My name is Jeremy, and I'm a...a brick chewer."
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