Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!srt From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: THX 1138 & Sheri Tepper Message-ID: <4238@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 19:11:16 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.4238 Posted: Sat Mar 9 19:11:16 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 09:34:24 EST Reply-To: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 23 Summary: Two items: (1) Someone posted a description of THX 1138 that he mistakenly called UBX. Wasn't there a book about some kind of aerosol spray called UBX? (2) I just read _THE SONG OF MAVIN MANYSHAPED_ by Sheri Tepper, a prequel to the TRUE GAME series. I found the book better than the TRUE GAME books. I think Tepper has learned to write a bit better and to construct a plot much better. I reccommend the book. Going back and reading the TRUE GAME series again, I came up with a couple of questions. "Strange are the Talents of Wizards..." Fine, but what are they? Anyone have any guesses? None of the wizards in the story ever use any Talents (at least openly) and Winslow never even realized he was part Wizard. That at least argues that Wizards have no Talent other than cunning. Also, Sorah's prediction at the end of _WIZARD'S ELEVEN_. I haven't got it with me at the moment, but any guesses as to the plot it might lead to? Sounds vaguely like an exorcism, what with book, candle and bell. -- Scott Turner