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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 17:26:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, James Brown writes:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
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> Or Swift. "A Modest Proposal" is the best piece of satire I've ever read.
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 See" was either just
coming out or had just been published, and as he outlined its plot, it
interested me a great deal more than anything I'd read of Hitchhiker's. I
think "Last Chance" represents more interesting satire than Hitchhiker's, so
if I were to include something of his on this list, it would be "Last Chance."
Dave!
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