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From: erics@uottawa.UUCP (Eric Smith)
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Subject: Re: Footfall - new Niven and Pournelle
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 10:32:00 EDT
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In his article, Henry Vogel <henry%clemson.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> writes:

>I finished Footfall, the new book by Niven and Pournelle, a couple of days
>ago. It's an alien-invasion-of-earth novel and quite well done. It's kind of
 
>own complex society that differs from our in several ways. One of the few
>things that bothered me about the book was the aliens' assumption that their
>inbred customs would be the same as ours (the aliens idea of surrender, for
>example, is significantly different than ours). That's the only nit I have to
>pick with the novel.

Actually, it seems to me that we humans often assume that our customs will
be the same as thoses of others. It's a frequent cause of misunderstanding.
Why shouldn't aliens be subject to the same foibles? (Although it would
be nice if they weren't).
-- 
Eric Smith					"No matter where you go,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.		 there you are."
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