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From: smcgee%albion.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Scott Mcgee)
Subject: Re: Easter Island
Date: 1 Aug 90 10:52:54 MDT
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Sender: smcgee%albion@cs.utah.edu (Scott McGee)
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <81.26B66FFD@palace.fidonet.org> Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson) writes:
>
>    There is also a very good book called "Shuttle Down" by an author whose
>name escapes me. It is about a shuttle that has to emergency land on Easter
>Island and what happens when they try to get it out.
>

In fact, in the afterword to "Earth", David Brin credits "Shuttle Down" by
Lee Correy as the origin of his "shuttle landed on easter island" idea.

Scott

PS "Earth" is an excellent book!




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