Re: F&SF that I Read in 2007: W

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William Hyde <wthyde1953@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> *1: In "Remembering Siri" the dominance being resisted was
>> economic and cultural -- "Yes, yes, huge galactic civilization,
>> very nice, no, we don't want any" -- rather than theocratically
>> or otherwise evil, but the theme is the same.
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> Oh, I'd say it is fairly evil.  They more or less wipe out the
> local flora and fauna, barring some examples kept for tourist
> purposes, in the run for the planet's natural resources ("no
> civilization gets beyond the need for oil").  And their methods of
> dealing with dissent wind up being fairly genocidal.

I'll take your word for it; I've forgotten most of the details
behind either the novella or HYPERION.

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William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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