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Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:57:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
Or Swift. "A Modest Proposal" is the best piece of satire I've ever read.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) Well, Swift is widely regarded as the all-time best satirist, so he's a little over-the-top for this discussion! 8^) In 1992 I saw Adams speak in Austin, and he was witty, intelligent, and engaging. At about that time his book "Last Chance to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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