JACOB@CMU-CS-C.ARPA (01/24/84)
The Lathe of Heaven (I believe the correct title is a pretty good movie). Does anyone really consider any of the recent space operas to be serious contenders for all time great SF movie? Bladerunner gets my vote; I thought 2001 a bit pretentious, and most of the older movies really don't hold up any more. Maybe Dune...? [Please, let it be ok...] Chalker is a total hack author. I used to really enjoy him, but I then made the mistake of rereading some of his books. Too formula, too mechanized, too pat. Except maybe Midnight at the Well of Souls, which I read twice and still enjoyed. The same, incidentally, is true of Hogan, although fom the recent discussions, that's probably sacreligous. I read a story a long time ago that described a mental hospital where everyone thought he was one of the doctors, either treating a patient, or pretending to be a patient while actually treating the 'doctors'. The story didn't state whether anyone was actually sane or insane. It was probably in a short story collection, if that helps. Does anyone know of what I speak [write]? -------
RG.JMTURN%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (01/26/84)
The title you are looking for is "Leading Man", by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. You can find it in The Metallic Muse (Doubleday, 1972). In one respect, you are wrong in your recollection, it is made very clear the patients are really the doctors. James
emjej@uokvax.UUCP (02/01/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-1588900:uokvax:5400029:000:138 uokvax!emjej Jan 30 09:39:00 1984 Dunno for sure, but you might be thinking of *You Sane Men*, by Laurence Janifer. Possibly displaying ignorance, James Jones