Stuff to read...

Dan'l Danehy Oakes · 07 May 1998, 07:46 · from urth-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy Oakes" <DDANEHYO at us.oracle.com>
Subject: (urth) Stuff to read...
Date: 07 May 98 07:46:45
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J.Shultz wrote:=20
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> Speaking of this, anyone have any suggestions for further reading.=20
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Further than what?  8*)=20
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You might check out the recent discussion of a "syllabus" for=20
an introductory BotNS class.  There's been a lot of good stuff=20
mentioned there (and some real trash).=20
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> I'm hungry for a good story and I can get lost in a bookstore for=20
> hours without ever making a decision.  Any help in the right=20
> direction would be appreciated.=20
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Hoom.  Well, there are a few SF writers out there with literary=20
aspirations and executions as high as Wolfe, or nearly so:  Dan=20
Simmons comes to mind, as does Samuel R. Delany.  Ursula K. Le Guin=20
-- though she seems less likely to appeal to a Wolfe fan.  Tim=20
Powers is not quite as good, but packs a lot of layers of meaning=20
into his work anyway.=20
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A few individual books I've read lately that I can recommend:  Matt=20
Ruff's "Sewer, Gas, and Electric," which is almost impossible to=20
describe.  A computerized ghost of Ayn Rand is a major character;=20
so is a giant flying shark.  If that doesn't grab you, forget it,=20
the book's not for you.  If it does -- the book is a major hoot.=20
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Say:  what ever happened to the idea of "Wolfe" and "Lupine"=20
lists...?=20
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-- Roach=20
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