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G0TEZ > TREK 17.02.04 02:24l 47 Lines 1645 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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From: G0TEZ@GB7YFS.#26.GBR.EU
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I'm really glad that someone else has joined in on this one. I wonderd why
the Robert Heinlein characters were being mixed in with the Asimov ones.
As for the 'Mule'. A mule is the offspring of a horse and a donkey, if I
remember correctly and can't reproduce.
One of the reasons for calling him the Mule in the stories.
I first read the Asimov stories in my teens. I was so keen on SF that I
was reading 5 paperbacks a night over one two year period. I lived in the
city of Manchester (England not US.) and emptied the SF shelves of two of
the outlying libraries, places called Withington and Wythenshawe and had
started going into the city centre to read the SF in the Central Library
at the time I left.
It adds up to several thousand paperbacks. Prhaps that will explain why I
don't rate Gene Roddenberry.
I have one or two books by Heinlein in my collection and, as I said, I
still have Slan by A.E.van Voght, the first paperback I ever read.
I still think that a version of the 'Foundation' series would be great on
the big screen. How about 'The Weapon Shops of Isher.' by van Vogt or
some of the Heinlein stuff.
Fred Pohl did some good stuff too. I still remember his Life of
Shakespeare,
so realistic you could almost smell the middle ages!
It's nice to see the TREK topic being used for SF.
Thanks Kevin.
I wonder what you wanted to ask in returen?
I know this is a reply to an old bulletin but I have been deleting the
dross and came across it.
All the best - Ian, G0TEZ @ GB7YFS.#26.gbr.eu
Message timed: 23:46 GMT on 16 Feb 04
email: ian@g0tez.fsnet.co.uk
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