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From: JACOB@CMU-CS-C.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Some responses
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Date: Mon, 23-Jan-84 17:30:06 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 23 17:30:06 1984
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The Lathe of Heaven (I believe the correct title is a pretty good movie).
Does anyone really consider any of the recent space operas to be serious
contenders for all time great SF movie? Bladerunner gets my vote; I thought
2001 a bit pretentious, and most of the older movies really don't hold up
any more. Maybe Dune...? [Please, let it be ok...]

Chalker is a total hack author. I used to really enjoy him, but I then made
the mistake of rereading some of his books. Too formula, too mechanized, too
pat. Except maybe Midnight at the Well of Souls, which I read twice and still
enjoyed. The same, incidentally, is true of Hogan, although fom the recent
discussions, that's probably sacreligous.

I read a story a long time ago that described a mental hospital where everyone
thought he was one of the doctors, either treating a patient, or pretending to
be a patient while actually treating the 'doctors'. The story didn't state
whether anyone was actually sane or insane. It was probably in a short story
collection, if that helps. Does anyone know of what I speak [write]?
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