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To: Neocon who wrote (2814)	5/15/2000 3:06:00 PM
From: Raymond Clutts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3246

Hmm. I must have been out for a beer when that parade went by. For the most part what I have seen of modern art is that it celebrates the artist's anomie from all aspects of our common cultural and religious heritage. What I find in any form of artistic sensibility that I can admire (literary, poetic, architectural, etc...) is one that celebrates the triumphs and denigrates the moral failures of mankind (or humanity if you prefer). (ARGH, that must mean that I am a paleo-conservative and I believe in moral absolutes. That I believe moral relativism is a plague certain to reduce us to the lowest cultural common denominator. Hmm, yes I do believe that in contradiction to nearly 99.98 of the current residents of academia.) What little I see of modern art doesn't even acknowledge any common cultural or religious heritage except to belittle them. When it isn't stressing its distance from human morals and history, modern art entirely denies humanity by banishing the human form and representational presence in its work. I say that any art that denies our common humanity and heritage is bound to disappear in historical perspective as its found in retrospect to be devoid of any positive content or meaning. Maybe that's why I continue to cherish the works of the better SF authors who offer some hope for our ability to advance individually (goodness dare I say it "heroically")and as a species. OK my nominees for the Top Ten SF novels of the last hundred years are, in no particular order, as follows. 1) The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov 2) The Mote In God's Eye - Niven/Pournelle 3) The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - Heinlein 4) Dune - Frank Herbert 5) Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny 6) Dorsai! - Gordon Dickson 7) 1984 - George Orwell 8) Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury 9) The Riverworld Series - Philip Jose Farmer 10)Enders Game - Orson Scott Card Well its pretty light on authors from the front end of the century but then so am I. When did Wells write "War of the Worlds" and "The Sleeper Wakes"? Wasn't Verne published before 1900?