Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!clyde!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece From: preece@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: The Library! - (nf) Message-ID: <4192@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Nov-83 23:09:21 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.4192 Posted: Mon Nov 28 23:09:21 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Nov-83 03:20:01 EST Lines: 13 #R:uokvax:5400011:uicsl:10700063:000:465 uicsl!preece Nov 28 09:23:00 1983 Some of the characters in Startide Rising are searching for evidence that the Library is not the unbiased fact reservoir it claims to be, but rather is specifically tailored to the race it has been provided to and provides answers filling some unnamed other race's intentions for us. The question of equal access to information is fast becoming central to our society, so it's interesting to see it raised in this context. scott preece ihnp4!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece