@RUTGERS.ARPA:jpa144@cit-vax (04/24/85)
From: jpa144@cit-vax (Jens Peter Alfke) Barry Margolin (Margolin@MIT-MULTICS) writes: > Ephrayim asked about a book in which the character[s] keep reliving > the same day over. I recall reading this book a few years ago, and > I think it is James P. Hogan's "Twice Upon a Time". Not as I recall -- Hogan's _Thrice_Upon_a_Time_ was about a computer- -assisted device that could communicate with itself forwards and backwards in time (hence the title), with some characters to make it a story. I actually enjoyed the book, but gave up halfway through two of his other books; his characters generally seem to be cardboard, sturdy enough only to hold up the scientific extrapolation that is the core of his stories. _The_Genesis_Machine_ inspired me to put it down and read some >nonfictional< scientific lecturing. [Flame --I say-- flame now off] Oh yeah, the story -- does anyone else out there know what it is? If it isn't one of the Dick stories that I mentioned previously, I'd like to read it; it's a very interesting idea. --Pete [jpa144@cit-vax] If I spoke prose you'd soon find out I don't know what I talk about!