Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsla.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west From: west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Frank Herbert Message-ID: <975@sdcsla.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 03:00:14 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsla.975 Posted: Thu Sep 12 03:00:14 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 03:33:47 EDT References: <497@linus.UUCP> <1839@mnetor.UUCP> <527@linus.UUCP> <273@cisden.UUCP> <692@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) Distribution: net Organization: UC San Diego: Institute for Cognitive Science Lines: 30 In article <692@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) writes: >> While we're on the subject, I lost all respect for Frank Herbert after he >> told us that the movie they made of _Dune_ was faithful to the book. >> Tommy Phillips > >It strikes me that to disagree with the person who *wrote* the thing is like >saying, "Well, obviously the author isn't aware of the nuances that occur in >his novel". I ask you, who is a better judge than the author? You? Actually, it is often the case that an author is not the best judge of her or his own work. Most will admit this (except maybe when it gets down to specifics, of course;-), as Isaac Asimov did in an "editorial" in his SF Mag this year. If you reflect for a while on the processes of writing and publishing, and the phenomena of popularity and "literary value", I think you'll agree that a writer -- while possessed of many keen and valuable insights into her/his writing -- is not the ultimate judge of a book's value to humanity. [[Now, did I couch that carefully enough? Sofa, so good.]] -- Larry West (USA+619-)452-6771 Institute for Cognitive Science non-business hours: 452-2256 UC San Diego (mailcode C-015) La Jolla, CA 92093 U.S.A. ARPA: or UUCP: {ucbvax,sdcrdcf,decvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west or {sun,ulysses}!sdcsla!west Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com