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Subject: Sir Issac Newton and TNOTB
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 23:28:27 EST
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From: Bob Webber <WEBBER@RUTGERS.ARPA>

> From: dolqci!mike@topaz.arpa (Mike Stalnaker)
> Subject: Number of the Beast
> Date: 15 Apr 85 15:07:20 GMT
>
>       Am I the only one who enjoyed TNOTB?  I hope not.  

of course not.  however, TNOTB is in essence a large joke.  people who
did not get it think it was a major waste of time and flame.  people
who did get it realize that you can't explain a joke to someone who
didn't get it; so they have less reason to write.

> One character there that I couldn't
> recognize was the dragon, Sir Isaac Newton.

i believe that was the name of one of the Venusians (sp?) (a
dragon-like race inhabiting Venus) in one of his juveniles, Star
Beast.  these sentients "spoke" with humans using a voder (a speech
synthesizer that one could play like an accordian).  as this memory
is over a decade old, take it with a grain of salt.

--------------------------------- BOB (webber@rutgers.arpa)
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