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Subject: A Boy and his Dog  (SPOILER!)
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Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 17:38:01 EDT
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From: "pugh jon%e.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA

 
                WRONG!!!!!!!!!
 
> From Julian Gomez
> The ending is just as it is in the story, virtually word for word.  Some
> even consider the movie a two hour lead in for the ending punch line.
 
While that might be true about the lead-in, the ending was NOT the same as
the book (actually a short story).  A Boy and his Dog was originally
published in New Worlds (Great Britian) in 1969 and was then expanded for
it's publication in The Beast that Shouted Love at the World, it's first
American publication.
 
                              **** SPOILER  ****
 
The actual ending went like this, word for word.
 
  I looked up at her.  The sun was going down.  Blood trembled in my arms.
  She got a pouty look on her face.  "If you love me, you'll come on!"
  I couldn't make it alone out there without him.  I knew it.  If I loved
her.  She asked me, once in the boiler, do you know what love is?
 
It was a small fire, not nearly big enough for any roverpak to spot from the
outskirts of the city.  No smoke.  And after Blood had eaten his fill, I
carried him to the air-duct a mile away, and we spent the night inside, on a
little ledge.  I held him all night.  He slept good.  In the morning, I fixed
him up pretty good.  He'd make it; he was strong.
  He ate again.  There was plenty left from the night before.  I didn't eat.
I wasn't hungry.
  We started off across the blast wasteland that morning.   We'd find
another city, and make it.
  We had to move slow, because Blood was still limping.  It took a long time
before I stopped hearing her calling in my head.  Asking me, asking me: do
you know what love is?
  Sure I know.
  A boy loves his dog.
 
                             *** eos ***
 
I think that's a better ending than a silly punch line.  It was a better
story than it was a movie, but the movie was good too.  As usual, I recommend
this method; See the movie, then read the book.  You won't be disappointed
by the movie, and you'll love the added depth of the book.
 
Jon Pugh
pugh%e@lll-mfe.arpa
 
Accuracy must be worth something...