Re: YASID: Algis Budrys story, protagonist vs. cop, hurricane

On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:10:28 +0000, Martha Adams wrote:

> On topic of hurricanes, I liked Farley Mowat, 'The Serpent's
> Coil'.  A little farther out is his 'Grey Seas Under.'  These
> both are books that once you start, you don't set it down
> until you reach the end.

His _Never Cry Wolf_ is an absolute classic, right down to trappers
blaming wolves for declining trappings due to excessive trapping and
ranchers pu****ng pasture-land into wolf territory and then demanding the
wolves be exterminated.

He was a Socialist, too, apparently, so the Reagan Administration banned
him from entering the US . . . .

-- 

When was the last time you heard an American politician
use the word "plutocracy"?