Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site yale.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!yale!andrews From: andrews@yale.ARPA (Thomas O. Andrews) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: favorite alien Message-ID: <902@yale.ARPA> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 13:39:24 EST Article-I.D.: yale.902 Posted: Mon Mar 4 13:39:24 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 05:32:17 EST References: <800@utcsri.UUCP> Reply-To: andrews@yale-comix.UUCP (Thomas O. Andrews) Distribution: net Organization: Yale University CS Dept., New Haven CT Lines: 16 Summary: Solaris Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Keywords: ***** Eat this, you filthy monster ***** My favorite alien has got to be the ocean of Solaris, in Stanislaw Lem's novel of the same name. The book is an excellent commentary on the field of science fiction, marked by Lem's wit and realistic approach to alien life. Lem seems to be saying to other science fiction authors, "If there is intelligent life elsewhere, it sure as hell won't be able to communcicate with us." This also seems to be one of the themes of his book, _His Masters Voice_. Any other Lem fans out there? -- Thomas Andrews 17? What a stupid, worthless number.