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From: lat@druil.UUCP (TepperL)
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Subject: Re: Canopus in Argos - Doris Lessing
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 18:26:20 EDT
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I tried reading the first book of the series (Shikasta?) and put
it down after the 3rd or 4th chapter.  I especially disliked
her idea of identifying characters and places with numbers, not
names: Planet number 7, agent 23.

With numbers, it's harder to remember who's who and what's where.
We Earth-people have names for everything, even our numbers: pi,
planck's constant, avogadro's number.

I agree with Charley Wingate regarding the feeling of self-importance
about it all.
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Larry Tepper	    {ihnp4 | allegra}!druil!lat		+1-303-538-1759