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Subject: "Crown of Creation"
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From: AXLER%Upenn-1100%upenn.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa

     The song "Crown of Creation" borrows from more than one sf source, all
without credit.  The later sections of the song, which have the lyrics:
          "Life is change.  How it differs from the rocks.  I've seen their
     ways too often for my liking. . . . My life is to survive for you."
are, in fact, direct quotations from John Wyndham's short novel "Re-birth".
Much of Kantner's science-fictional material proves to be "borrowed", alas;
this is just one of the worst-case examples.
Dave Axler (Axler%UPenn-1100@csnet-relay)