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From: dim@cbuxc.UUCP (Dennis McKiernan)
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Subject: To Reign in Hell (I liked it)
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 14:18:10 EDT
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Steve:

I just this morning finished _To Reign In Hell_ and
I had one of those *good* feelings when I put the book down.
I mean, I really liked what I had just finished.

I re-read Zelazny's foreword, and I totally agree
with everything he said, and more.

It truly is an engaging tale...
(And it has delicious word/thought/sayings play sprinkled throughout.)

But, Lord!  I sure did want Satan and Yaweh to have a
let's-sit-down-and-talk-before-things-get-out-of-hand conversation.
But then, if they had gotten together early on,
the tale would have spun out differently...
And I liked it just as it came off the loom.

Steve, I'm gonna post this on the net news as well as
mail it to you.

Dennis L. McKiernan
...ihnp4!cbuxc!dim
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PS:  Back in the dim recesses of my mind, I seem to remember
that Milton drew upon but a single line in the Bible to
weave his original tale.  You see, in the elder days,
Lucifer (light-bringer) was the name given to the
morning star. And some biblical person (a king?)
glanced up at the morning stars and espying Lucifer
says something like, "O mighty Lucifer, how far thou hast
fallen from heaven."  The king(?) was simply refering
to the nearness of the dawn, but Milton took this line
and based the entire mythos of the heavenly revolt
upon it...
                                  DLMcK
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