Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA:BADOVINATZ@UTAH-20.ARPA From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:BADOVINATZ@UTAH-20.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Metropolis and Brunner (some SPOILER included) Message-ID: <833@topaz.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 10:11:42 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.833 Posted: Fri Mar 1 10:11:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 01:52:28 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 48 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 -------