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Subject: Metropolis and Brunner (some SPOILER included)
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Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 10:11:42 EST
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From: Peter Badovinatz 



>        Also what about some of the REAL clasics like METROPOLIS .  A
>must for anyone who wants to be a real s-f fan , black&white very old
>and , of course , silent .

The original _Metropolis_ was an incredible film.  Has anyone seen the
re-released version with the modern score(much of it by Queen)?  How did
it compare with the original?

>Also who wrote THE SHEEP LOOK UP , ( an english guy ?) , the Best SF
>Book of all time .

>-Julian Long

John Brunner wrote _The Sheep Look Up_, about a U.S. on the decline.  The 
writing style is somewhat strange and not at all a "traditional" construction.

(begin **SPOILER**)

woman in England speaking to her husband: 
"I can smell something burning dear.  Better call the fire brigade."

husband:
"They'd have a long trip to put it out.  That's America you smell."

(end **SPOILER**)

Some of Brunner's other stuff includes: _Stand on Zanzibar_, written in much
the same style as _The Sheep Look Up_, and just as good in my opinion.  It has
a similar theme as _... Sheep ..._ but a more optimistic ending.
_The Crucible of Time_ is written in a more "traditional" style and covers
a civilisation about to be destroyed by a natural catastrophe, its history
and development.  
_The Shockwave Rider_ provides some excellent views of a world-wide computer-
based information network and the effects of a tapeworm or two.  

All four of the above are recommended reading.

"COINCIDENCE:  You weren't paying attention to the other half of what
               was going on."
                         --"The Hipcrime Vocab" by Chac C. Mulligan

Peter R Badovinatz                            ARPA: BADOVINATZ@UTAH-20
University of Utah Dept. of Computer Science  UUCP: decvax!utah-cs!badovin
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