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From: chabot@miles.DEC (Sxyzyskzyik)
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Subject: Music in Science Fiction
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 14:48:16 EDT
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Ah, well, Jack Vance's Anome trilogy (the first volume has also been titled
_The_Faceless_Man_; _The_Brave_Free_Men_; _The_Asutra_) has a musician (and
even the son of a musician) as a protagnist, and in fact, not only has his life
been shaped by his career and his origins, but his survival in the third volume
depends upon his musical training.  [Quiz for Vance fans is in my name above.]

If we expand the topic to include fantasy, there's Patricia C. Wrede's _The_
Harp_of_Imach_Thyssel_.  There are also songs of significance in Pamela C. 
Dean's _The_Secret_Country_, and there are these cardinals singing at 
interesting times.  (birds, not bishops)

Anne McCaffrey probably has a couple of science fiction books in which music
plays an important part, based upon titles.

Thomas Disch's _On_the_Wings_of_Song_.

L S Chabot   ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot   chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa