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From: shebs@utah-cs.UUCP (Stanley Shebs)
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Subject: Re: Magister Ludi - I didn"t like it.
Message-ID: <2007@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Oct-83 18:56:20 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 15 18:56:20 1983
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Hermann Hesse is like Ayn Rand - hmmm - interesting comparison.
Their styles *do* have a lot of similarity, and I do like both
of them (the writing, anyway).  Having semi-superhuman heroes
is fine by me - gives the works a touch of the fantasical, which
I like.  "Realistic" writers are SO boring;  they never seem to
come up with new ideas.

Where is the sexism in Magister Ludi?  Do you mean the very minor
role that women play in the story?  Perhaps Hesse was making a subtle
point - lack of women's participation in intellectual pursuits doomed
civilization as a whole...

						stan the l.h.
						utah-cs!shebs