@RUTGERS.ARPA,@MIT-MC:Nessus@MIT-EECS (02/13/85)
From: Doug Alan <Nessus%MIT-EECS@MIT-MC.ARPA> >> Does anyone out there know of any John Varley material >> other than: >> >> TITAN >> WIZARD >> DEMON >> Picnic on Nearside >> Ophiuchi Hotline (sp?) >> Millenium >> The Persistance of Vision > The only one you've left out that I know of is _The Barbie > Murders_. It's up to his usual standard. Enjoy. The book "Picnic on Nearside" is, I believe, "The Barbie Murders" retitled. There is also a retitled version (British import) of "The Persistance of Vision" called "In the Hall of the Martian Kings. There are several short stories I have seen of Varley's that are not in either of his short story collections. These include "Press Enter", "The Pusher", "Options", and "Blue Champagne". "Master of the Universe, We were born to go as far as we can fly; Turn electric dreams into reality... Brainstorm here we go" -Doug -------
@RUTGERS.ARPA:A.ALDERSON@[36.48.0.1] (02/13/85)
From: Rich Alderson <A.ALDERSON@[36.48.0.1]> >[***SPOILER*** BTW: The female character with the large "breasts" is >actually a spaceship -- "the last of the fighting Corsairs". She >steals a lot of the show, too.] >The Polymath (Jerry Hollombe) Sorry. The female character with the large breasts is the last of the Valkyries, very much a woman (NOT a spaceship), and in network TV release, not particularly visible: For scenes aboard her ship, there is a rectangle burned out of each and every frame; for the one scene where she is visible with others who have to be seen, the focus was "re-adjusted" so as to make as if everything were viewed through vibrating gelatin. It is pretty good as mindless entertainment, but I wish the networks would grow up and realize that censorship of even mindless fluff is best done by cutting the entire movie, rather than some scene or other. Rich Alderson@{Score, Sierra} -------