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Re: Science fiction writing

Posted By: Aragh, on host 129.72.115.160
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 15:14:29
In Reply To: Re: Science fiction writing posted by Brunnen-G on Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 14:56:01:

> > Ah, yes. Triffids with two f's. Not too far off considering that I read the book 50 years ago. If I had remembered the author's name, I would have likely spelled Wyndham with an i.
> >
> > Maybe it's just me, but I think si fi has gone downhill since those days. Rockets and spaceships were mostly fiction then. If H.G. Wells had written "War of the Worlds," 50 years later, it wouldn't have sold very well.
> > Howard
>
You don't know SF until you've read "Mitkey the Star Mouse." Oh, yeah. :) I haven't read any really good, very recent SF, but I think The Matrix qualifies.

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