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Subject: Re: SF with musical themes
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 19:04:12 EDT
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I have a couple of thoughts:

Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story (possibly found in "Tales from the
White Hart") in which a guy uses a computer to analyze the most successful
advertising jingles, and then design the perfect one.  The perfect tune
drives him insane...

Somebody wrote about a spacehand who was blinded in an engine-room accident,
and becomes a hobo-minstrel whose songs become famous throughout the system.
Could it have been "Green Hills of Earth" ?

In a related area, Spider Robinson's "Stardance" is an unusual combination of
dance and science fiction.  Some of his Callahan's Saloon stories have music-
related plots, too.

I'd like to know if anybody can confirm the hobo-minstrel story - was I even
close?

Ian Skeoch

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