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From: becky@sq.UUCP
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Subject: Re: what the hell is going on here!!!
Message-ID: <1987Apr3.180635.2542@sq.uucp>
Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 18:06:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  3 18:06:35 1987
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In article <515@maccs.UUCP> cs3c3cd@maccs.UUCP () writes:
>
>a) Why didnt Aliens win best picture (why wasnt nominated)

`Cuz nobody saw it!  Too many people didn't go because they
thought it would be as gory and scary as ALIEN was.  And those
that went for the goryness and scaryness were disappointed,
so THEY weren't about to vote for it.  I was hoping it'd WIN...

>b) Have you read 'Shards of Honour' and 'The Warriors Apprentice'
>   by Lois McMaster Bujold? <---good book, new author?

No!  I've got both, but haven't had the time to start either of them!
I did read her third book, ETHAN OF ATHOS, which is really excellent.

-Becky Slocombe.