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James Nicoll  
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 More options Dec 20 1998, 3:00 am
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From: jame...@ece.uwaterloo.ca (James Nicoll)
Date: 1998/12/20
Subject: Re: "Keepers? You Tell Me," or, "Too Many Books, Too Little Space"
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In article <367BC473.222AF...@mediaone.net>,
Elisabeth Carey  <lis.ca...@mediaone.net> wrote:

>James Nicoll wrote:

><snip>

>>         BTW, folks would better off dipping their heads in a bucket
>> of liquid N2 and battering them against a tree very very hard than
>> reading Baxter's _Titan_. It would not surprise me if reading that
>> book causes birth defects.

>I think you're being far too kind.

        You know, when I read your review I think it was after one
of the Obscure Fuss of 1812 arguments and I thought 'Ah, well, no
doubt he just needled the US some and Liz Carey is overreacting
because surely no book could be as bad as all that.' I think I
had just read _Voyage_ which was pretty good imo.

        If anything, you were too kind. This is the sort of book
that justifies fatwahs. If WWIII occured right now, we could die
happy knowing Baxter would never write again. If a dinasaur killing
asteroid was headed for Earth and I knew Baxter had another book
coming up, I would campaign for letting the rock hit, since it
is obviously the work of a benovelent deity trying to save us
from another _Titan_.  

        Someone one another group said that the characterization
of the young people in _Titan_ was possibly due to a run in Baxter
had with the Imperial College's SF club. Boy, I would like to know
more details.

--
March 20, 1999: Imperiums To Order's 15th Anniversary Party. Guests include
Rob Sawyer [SF author], Jo Walton [game designer and soon to be published
fantasy author] and James Gardner [SF author]. DP9 is a definite maybe.
Imperiums is at 12 Church Street, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.


 
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