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From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper)
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Subject: Re: Date of RED OCTOBER
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 20:46:30 EST
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>> There has been some discussion among my friends as to when RED 
>> OCTOBER takes place.  In fact, there are indications in the 
>> book that it is in the future, .... One rather suspects that the 
>> technology will be out of date by then.
>>
>>                               Mark Leeper
>>                               ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper
>
>One would also rather suspect, Mark, that H.G. Wells' equipment
>might very well be out of date, too! And I'd bet that most of
>the equipment used in WW II is out of date as well, which doesn't
>invalidate stories out of that era either. Etc., etc., ....

What does it mean to invalidate a story?  I was just saying that Clancy
seems to put in contradictory information so that it is impossible for
the story to take place in any given year.  It still is a good story.

				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper