SF?
Byrnes Weir
weir at interlog.com
Sat Jan 25 00:42:13 CST 1997
At 10:12 AM 1/24/97 -0600, LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:
>
>Andrew fears:
>"It certainly contains some fine fictional science. But I shudder at
>the thought of seeing it on the shelf next to L Ron Hubbard (or worse
>still `Grimnor, Demon Slayer, meets the Elven Kings of Banalite')."
>[in re: ADA]
>
>
>Would you prefer it be next to Tom Clancy, Stephen King, or Danielle Steele?
>That's a surprisingly narrow notion of SF, Andrew!
>
>But there are plenty on this list to defend the genre.
>
>For one, I'll mention Samuel R. Delany, one of the finest living wordsmiths
>around.
>
>Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
>
>
Thanks,
All the best ...
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Byrnes
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