home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!icd.ab.com!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!news2me.ebay.sun.com!jethro.Corp.Sun.COM!oogoody!tmhoff
- From: tmhoff@oogoody.Corp.Sun.COM (Todd Hoff)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Science vs. story in SF (Was: World Cre
- Date: 30 Aug 1992 01:54:15 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Lines: 9
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <la0ai7INNlvi@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
- References: <1992Aug29.230329.20188@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
- Reply-To: tmhoff@oogoody.Corp.Sun.COM
- NNTP-Posting-Host: oogoody.corp.sun.com
-
- >Personally, I have some trouble deciding which of the two forms
- >I loathe most. Marooned on a desert island with but one book,
- >would I prefer Eddings or Le Guin? Rather throw myself to the
- >sharks.
-
- Definitely Eddings. His books are thicker so you can use them as a
- pillow, weapon, or paperweight. Very versatile. Besides he writes the
- best characters in SF, characters I could spend some alone time with
- on a desert isle.
-