JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA (07/08/85)
From: Bard Bloom <BARD@MIT-XX.ARPA> FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA writes > First, the meaning of Canonical. Since we are not engaged in a > religious discussion, I assume the intended meaning is (-8 Well, maybe not a *Roman Catholic* religious discussion. 8-) I thought that the list was supposed to contain the books that most sf fans have read and found good (for whatever reason); the books that every sf fan should have read; the books that non-sf critics of sf should read before they start flaming or writing critical histories (Anyone else tired of arguing with people who have read only _The_Space_Vampires_ and _The_Purple_Cloud_ and decided that all sf is like them?); and have suggestions of good books that some of us have missed. -------
JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA (07/08/85)
From: Evan Kirshenbaum <evan@SU-CSLI.ARPA> >Nuclear Aftermath: Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz > Stewart, Earth Abides Actually, if I remember correctly, Earth_Abides was about the aftermath of a biological, rather than nuclear disaster. Evan Kirshenbaum ARPA: evan@csli.arpa UUCP: ...!ucbvax!shasta!amadeus!evan -------