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To: TH who wrote (105648)12/8/2000 2:47:19 PM
From: alan w  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Not yet TH. 18 is a dogleg left with water left and ob right. Wait til the Florida SC makes their ruling. Then we can call it. Cross your fingers. But it is dormie.

alan w



To: TH who wrote (105648)12/8/2000 3:00:24 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
It has been awhile since I have read much fiction, but I made sure I got a lot of coverage even after college, before time became more pressed. Maybe I will check out the Hemingway story you mention.

Both Lewis and Bellow are Nobelists, and they deserve it. For Bellow, try "Herzog", for Lewis "Babbit".

I should mention sci- fi. I love "A Canticle for Leibowitz". I admire "Lord of Light" (Zelazney). I still have a soft spot for "Stranger in a Strange Land". I consider The Foundation Trilogy to be sub- literary, but a whopping good story. I am very fond of the Perelandra trilogy, particularly "That Hideous Strength". I liked the novel "2001" better than the movie. I always liked Verne and Welles, and there are, of course, numerous short stories and novellas that are good, by various authors, like Poul Anderson and Harlan Ellison.

I agree, it is essentially over......