Re: The Sparrow

On May 10, 3:22 pm, oldper...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Ruthless) wrote:
> In article <9DdviCGlAdJIF...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, GSV Three Minds in a Can
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> <G...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Bitstring <oldperson-0905082005180...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, from the
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> > person Ruthless <oldper...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >My niece gave me The Sparrow to read and told me it was one of her
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> > >favorite books. Oh my gods,  I did not like it even one little bit.
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> > >Am I missing something?
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> > >Am I even more dense than I assume I am?  She's a very bright young
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> > >and I did so want to love it but....not so much. Is it because I
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> > >get the religion gene and just don't get stories about yearning for
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> > >or is it because I wanted to throw every single character out of the
> > >nearest airlock, or is it because it seemed to me to be about 100
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> > >too long, and didn't I read what was essentially the same story many
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> > >ago in a much shorter book?? And what was that book( my aged memory
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> > >me it was a novella but I can't really remember )?
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> > >And why the Tiptree award? I didn't see a whole lot of gender issues
> > >...other than the obvious.
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> > >Thoughts?
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> > I already dissed this one countless times. The science is hokey, the
> > politics is unbelievable, the angst is forced and laid on with a
shovel
> > .. the only upside is that the sequel is apparently even worse.
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>  I am glad to hear that I am not the only one. Whewww.


Well, you are both wrong.

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Will in New Haven
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it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a
good conscience"
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