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Subject: Re: Metropolis and Brunner
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From: Alastair Milne <milne@uci-icse>


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   >Also who wrote THE SHEEP LOOK UP , ( an english guy ?) , the Best
   >SF Book of all time .
   >-Julian Long

   No.  The best SF book of all time is LORD OF LIGHT by Roger Zelazny.
   It is also the best English Language book written in the twentieth
   century.  An argument of best SF book of all time could be made for
   Twain's Connecticut Yankee.

                            -- SKZB


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  The best English language book of the 20th century is very probably 
Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".  Absolutely masterful.  A work both of 
writing and creation that has become the standard by which such works are 
measured.  When a publisher really wants to turn heads for a fantasy book,
he puts on the cover something like "a new rival for The Lord of the Rings",
which is almost universally false, but eye-catching.

  Tolkien held the chair in English at Merton College in Oxford for many 
years, was a master of Middle English and a prolific writer.  His 
qualifications for use of English go far beyond those of any sf-author I have 
ever heard of, even my absolute favourites, and his writings and poetry prove
it.

  So I would want to see *very* convincing evidence of Lord of Light's claim
before I would even consider ranking Zelazny with Tolkien.

					Alastair Milne