bsafw%Berkeley@ncoast.UUCP (07/13/84)
From: decvax!ncoast!bsafw@Berkeley (Brandon Allbery,524-1416)
I like to hang on ideas. It's the only way to survive that portion of
SF that is covered by Sturgeon's Law (the percentage is closer to 99% around
here, though).
Other constructed worlds: The best I have yet read of is Ringworld;
unfortunately, the local modified Law keeps me from seeing many others -- or is
it that SF authors don't write many of them? If so, it's a pity -- lots of
GOOD ideas, and rarely are they treated with the mastery needed. (Niven, yes,
but he enjoys weird settings; did I hear that his latest has people living in
a cloud in space?!)
Does anyone have any good constructed-world ideas they'd either like to
see written about, or RE-written about by someone who knows what he's doing?
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Brandon Allbery: decvax!cwruecmp{!atvax}!bsafw
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