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From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
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Subject: NofTheBeast - True STINKER
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Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 10:41:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 10 10:41:00 1985
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	The Number of the Beast

	Attn.: Sci-Fi General advises that DANGER to
	mental health  increases with amount of NoftB read. 

	There was some discussion of the NoftB on this network,
	and here is my 2-cents' worth:

	This book is probably the most pretentious, most time
	wasting book I have EVER read, and it is probably the
	only book (in any subject matter) that I have ever 
	thrown into the garbage chute.
	I must admit that I was having a great time during the
	first hundred or so pages. Later, my enjoyment turned
	into nightmare as the characters began screaming at each
	other "pipe down" every page, and began to display an 
	I.Q. level of 270, happily traveling on the yellow 
	brick road. Heinlein created a tight situation; he 
	also invented a super human capability for one of his
	characters to deal with the situation. The characters, 
	now truly bloated smart-ass-genius-prodigy-philosophers, 
	talk in phrases that would put the best of Superman comics
	to shame. The pseudo-philosophical quips and pieces
	of whizdom that were enjoyable in "Time Enough For Love",
	are completely out-of-order here, and make as much sense
	as the blurbs of a loonie who had one too much to drink.
	Having read SF books from all parts of the spectrum,
	[Brunner, Lem, Asimov, Clarke, Sheckley, Farmer, Pohl,
	Ellison, Niven, A.D. Foster, P.K. Dick, Hogan, R. Forward,
	D. Adams, Varley etc.], I consider this book an insult to SF 
	readership's intelligence and sensibilities, and it
	should be avoided. I had the expectation of something as 
	good as  "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" or "Time Enough 
	for Love". I forgot that very few SF writers can
	live up to their name consistently.
	So, close your eyes in your favorite book store, and grab
	a SF book at random. The probability is that you
	will get something better than NoftB.

	
	
	Oz
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