 | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —James Brown
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| | | (...) Or Swift. "A Modest Proposal" is the best piece of satire I've ever read. James (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Dave Schuler
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) Let's not forget the Dirk Gently books! (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Chance." (...) Embarrassingly, I haven't read those yet... Dave! (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | | | (...) I haven't seen this one anywhere. ...still ambivilant about ordering via amazon.com, so I'm scouring the local used-book stores... I had the impression that it was non-fiction, though. Perhaps a coffee-table picture book or some such. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, let's do. (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) :) You don't like them? The second one is so-so, but the first one is awesome. But it's not particularly science fiction, so it probably doesn't belong in this discussion anyway. (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) Oh no? How is it *not* science fiction? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, let's not go there. (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) That was _satire_? Oh, the embarassment. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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