Re: An Arthur C. Clarke related question

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William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <fs7bv2$7ov$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James Nicoll) said:
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>> RENDEZVOUS WITHY RAMA (N!O!T! the sequels! which are a stink in
>> the nostrils of a non-existant god): a spacecraft is dragooned
>> into examining a passing alien space craft.
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>No, that was THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.
>
>(Joke.  It's a joke, okay?)
>
	Funny, I was explaining to someone what RwR would have looked
if Jack McDevitt had written it (The young fellow would have been torn 
apart by Rama's inhabitants and the religious guy would have died dealing
with the polot development [1]). I think you're right about N&P: if they
wrote RwR, what you'd get would be TMIGE.

	



1: And someone would have fallen into the campfire and burned to death
while the captain would have got one of the dry cleaning bags caught 
over his head and smothered.
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