Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site yetti.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!yetti!oz From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Sir Issac Newton and TNOTB Message-ID: <158@yetti.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 14:09:28 EST Article-I.D.: yetti.158 Posted: Sat Apr 20 14:09:28 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Apr-85 18:12:44 EST References: <1673@topaz.ARPA> Reply-To: oz@yetti.UUCP (System) Organization: York University Computer Science Lines: 19 Summary: In article <1673@topaz.ARPA> WEBBER@RUTGERS.ARPA writes: >From: Bob Webber > >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. Uhm..RAH takes himself too seriously to be able to write a sardonic novel.. It takes somebody like LEM to write the stuff. If we missed something in TNOTB, ah well.. Perhaps somebody will explain what appears to be utter trash.. Than, I will volunteer to explain the literary qualities of "The National Enquirer" :-). Oz (wizard of something or another, no doubt..) Electric: {ihnp4 | allegra | decvax ..}!utzoo!yetti!oz Bitnet: Oz@yuleo -------- [Where you stand on an issue depends on where you sit]