ber@gummo.UUCP (ber) (02/21/84)
As of 2/20, we see a continuing trend in net.sf-lovers...the continuing of previous topics. Some of these include: - Robert Heinlen, his unique protrayals of women, and of course why he is so very much (dis)liked. - David Brin and Startide Rising, which has to be the most talked about novel in sf-lover's history, is back again with a discussion of the aliens protrayed in that novel, and exactly how "believable" they are believed to be. This possibly could be overflowing into a general discussion of aliens and what is "real". - More Worst Sci-Fi (term used in the derogatory sense) Movies - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians - Fire Maidens from Outer Space A possible new discussion could be of David Bowie's character in song of Major Tom, in the original and in the later "spin-offs". Although just mildly going now, this could bloom into a new major topic. [ihuxp!wbpesch]
ber@gummo.UUCP (ber) (05/04/84)
The latest from the last week of net.sf-lovers by Walt Pesch, ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch o CONTACT, a convention to be held in california that deals with the interrelations between Anthropology and Science Fiction. o Once again, H. G. Wells' "Things to Come" is being discussed in regards to various movie offshoots. o Several articles have been posted in regards to Time Travel, especially in ways that one could use Time Travel to make money. (I personally favor tomorrow's racing results.) o Serious ideas have been brought up about feasible means of Faster-than-Light travel... (where might they lead?) o Comics have drifted into our newsgroup (peacefully so far) o A scathing dressing-down of Tea With the Black Dragon was given, with several scathing rebuttals soon following. o V is coming again soon. (But who cares?) o Calculations have been posted that say that only 2.4E39 ergs are necessary to blow up the Earth. o The latest buzzword in regards to science fiction has to do with a books "zen" nature. (Like wow, bring out the black florescent posters.) o Heinlen & his inclusion (?) of Psionic powers discussion seems to be coming to an end. o LAST, but not least, is several reviews of a recent Star Trek novel that deals with the Universe of ST before the Enterprise! This has been rated as a must-read. It also has the first inter-racial ST joke: "How many Romulans does it take to screw in a light bulb?" "151, one to screw the light-bulb in, and 150 to self-destruct the ship out of disgrace." (Warning: do not tell this to Romulans or ready for a fight. They consider this joke to be a discrace, though it is not bad for a LBJ.)