Re: /gzg/ot SG Humor

 ---- agoodall (i think) wrote: 

> >	What the hell does "Farewell to Arms," and "The Old Man and the
Sea"
> >have to do with sci-fi ground combat? Hmmmmmm?  Huh?
> I think the writer was poking fun at SF with the usual mainstream
belief that
> 
> no one has written truly literary SF. This is a spurious argument,
such as
> 
> judging all mainstream writing on Tom Clancy or Jackie Collins.
Instead of
> 
> Hemingway, and to keep on an SF note, the writer could have used
Philip Dick,
> 
> Sheri Tepper, or even Harlan Ellison (his earlier stuff) or Ray
Bradbury (I'm
> 
> not a big Bradbury fan, but he's a wordsmith, thus a darling of the
mainstream
> 
> world).

can i mention Brian Aldiss? even Arthur Clarke has his moments. sorry,
this belongs on a different list.

Tom

ps how about a /gzg/psy or [psy] code for discussion of player
psychology?

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