Weekly blog links

Jerry Friedman · 15 Apr 2009, 17:07 · from 2009-April.txt.gz

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From: jerry_friedman at yahoo.com (Jerry Friedman)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:07:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Weekly blog links
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--- On Wed, 4/15/09, John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Undoubtedly an inadvertent omission--SS has aspects of
> Lewis's Ransom books.
...

I'd be interested if you'd point those out (or some, if there
are too many).

My impression of /Pirate Freedom/ is what James Jordan confirmed--
it was a YA book.  The time travel is obviously necessary if
you want to have a contemporary (or quasi-modern) become a
Pirate of the Caribbean.  Brother Ignacio's being the older
Chris was predictable for someone who's read a lot of sf, and
maybe unnecesary--Chris can try to go back just by going to
the monastery in Cuba, without knowing who he's going to turn
into.

Jerry Friedman

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