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From: jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.movies
Subject: Re: Ellison and TERMINATOR
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Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 10:35:40 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 14 10:35:40 1985
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In article <826@mtgzz.UUCP> leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) writes:
>
>After Fox made ALIEN, Van Vogt threatened to sue over similarities to
>his "Discord in Scarlet."  Apparently egg-laying aliens is another
>owned idea.
>
I object, Mark!  When I saw Alien I thought so much was taken that I expected
to see Van Vogt in the credits.  It's not just an egg-laying alien ... it's
an alien picked up by an interstellar ship that lays eggs in people and
lurks almost indetectibly in the ship picking off a crewman at a time in
horrible ways.  I don't disagree with your Ellison points -- he disowned his
only work that I've ever liked, so he gets no sympathy from me -- but
I think your sarcasm is uncalled for on this one.  Besides, Van Vogt didn't
sue, did he?
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	Jim Gillogly
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