ddd (03/16/83)
I am a new net.books subscriber, so excuse me if Adams has
already been discussed here...
Oh yes, he became famous with "Watership Down". A good book, but
not what I want you to try. How many of you have read his "Shardik"
or "A Girl in a Swing"? Excellent both, and you may find it hard to
believe (I did) that the same guy also wrote "Watership Down" and
"The Plague Dogs". "Shardik" is also about an animal, this time a bear,
but a much more serious, almost philosophical novel. And "A.G.I.A.S"
is absolutely different, so much so that I don't want to say what it
is about. Quite a masterpiece.
Reminiscent of Michael Crichton, who also wrote two vastly
different kinds of books ("The Terminal Man", "The Andromeda Strain",
versus "The Great Train Robbery").
--Dilip
(..brunix!ddd)