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Subject: Re: Vonnegut
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 19:12:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 19:12:00 1985
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> I saw a show on PBS years { & years } ago that had all this as seen by
> a time traveling space fellow.  I think he was bopping from story to story,
> but, as I said, it was a long time ago.  Anyone else remember this
> show/movie?

The film was titled Between_Time_and_Timbuktu:_A_Space_Odyssey, and was,
indeed, a conglomerate of several Vonnegut stories, including Cat's_Cradle
and Harrison_Bergeron. The main character was a guy named Stony Stevenson,
a regular Joe-Blow who won a contest that had as Grand Prize a trip to
the time-warping space called something like the Intergalactic Infindibulum.
It was a great film and, along with the PBS production of LeGuin's The_Lathe_
of_Heaven, ranks among my favorite sf films.  Unfortunately, as is typical
of PBS, they don't show their old stuff much, so the chances of seeing it
again are *very* slight. P.S. Bob & Ray are great as the commentators on
the television coverage of Stony's flight, which lasts for months and
months. Needless to say, they get rather hard up for commentary after
that long a period and begin discussing things like how Mars reminds them
of their driveway at home, which is painted red and isn't that a rather
unusual color for a driveway, yes it is...

Diane Holt
Interactive Systems Corp.
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