KRIEGER@USC-ECLB@sri-unix (12/13/82)
From: KRIEGER <KRIEGER@USC-ECLB> Another unstructured message. For those interested in the idea of sex change, et. al., a good selection to peruse might be BEYOND REJECTION by Lieber (Jr.), the son (?) of THE Lieber. I know little about the book except that I have looked at it quickly in the bookstore, and read an excerpt in THE MIND'S I. This stuff is pretty bizarre, and is not exactly my thing, really. Both Daniel Spear and Aaron Temin like the idea that Darth Vader was unleashed in the cave (the basic idea); it's possible, but let's not forget Darth's origin. Vader was horribly disfigured in some accident, which is why we wears that breath mask (we got a glimpse of him in TESB, as you'll recall). My point is this: I think that in the vision of Luke fighting his evil side, Darth Vader was used as the embodiment of that evil because the image was at hand, and it was something Luke could identify easily AS being evil. Does this make any sense? If Vader did have a similar test, the embodiment of HIS evil side could have been anything else. John -------
rb (12/18/82)
I read BEYOND REJECTION a while back. It's entertaining, but nothing stupendous. I didn't find it very mind-expanding. Ronen