OC.Trei%CU20B@sri-unix.UUCP (11/24/83)
From: Peter G. Trei <OC.Trei@CU20B> [Permanent Committee to Overthrow the Goverment Next Tuesday after Lunch] .....a story where God dies, and the devil takes over, but does'nt like the job.... Kevin@su-dsn You just barely could be describing "The Day After Judgement" by James Blish. This is a full length novel, and I strongly reccomend that you read its predeccessor "Black Easter" first. It is an 'interesting', if not 'amusing' read, being part of a set including "A Case of Conscience" and "Doctor Mirablis" (all reprinted last year by Avon). In Judgement, Arrmagedon (sp?) has taken place and Lucifer has won. It's not written for laughs, but is an excellent piece of literary SF and gets 8/10 on my scale. Mary (uicsl!twt), you say Middle Earth seems more real to you than New York. While I admit I work in the unrealest part of town, Wall Street, I promise you Manhattan does exist, and there are SF-Lovers here. We even have our own cons. But I cannot comment on the reality of New Jersey, or the other mysterious lands west of the Hudson. Does anyone else out there have places that, while real, are better known through works of fiction than fact? I used to live in Britain, and occasionally met US tourists who were saddened that it was not like the Jeeves stories, or that Father Brown's England no longer existed. Peter Trei OC.TREI%CU20B@Columbia-20 -------