Re: The Sparrow

On Wed, 14 May 2008 23:19:10 GMT, Gene <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>This argument is idiotic. Russell is not vast numbers of 
>people, she's part of the tiny, tiny minority who have ever 
>been nominated for a Hugo. The attitude "I'm so brilliant I 
>don't care about my predecessors", which I thought I detected a 
>trace of, occurs in a context where she has predecessors.

I have a Hugo.  I've never read _A Case of Conscience_.

I've read lots of SF, certainly; I started reading it when I was five.
My parents' collection was extensive enough that they used to auction
off a week's access to it at charity auctions, and typically drew
mid-three-figure bids -- runs of GALAXY and F&SF missing fewer than
half a dozen issues, ASTOUNDING/ANALOG complete from 1942 on, all the
GALAXY novels, literally thousands of books.  I read most of it,
including a lot by Blish, but I never happened to read that one, even
though we had a copy, and I don't particularly intend to.

(My own collection -- well, I inherited my parents' and have added to
it considerably.)

I see nothing the least bit remarkable about Russell not having read
it and not making an effort to do so.  I do not perceive that trace of
arrogance you infer.




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