Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!JAFFE From: JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: The Oz canon and PJF's "Barnstormer in OZ" Message-ID: <2572@topaz.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:43:06 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2572 Posted: Mon Jul 8 16:43:06 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:16:59 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 32 From: dcl-cs!jam (John A. Mariani) In article <1452@shark.UUCP> hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) writes: >In article <2409@topaz.ARPA> jsweet@uci-icsa writes: >>From: Jerry Sweet>>Book 41: a few months ago, I saw a book named "A Barnstormer In Oz", by >>Philip Jose Farmer > > >As usual, Farmer completely destroys the character of the stories, making >something cheap, tawdry, and mildly pornographic out of the mileau of Oz. > >Hutch As usual? Disclaimer : I haven't read any of Baum's books but I have seen the Judy Garland film. What Farmer does is to look at a fictional place/situation as if it was *real*! This implies an adult, rational view of fantastic situations i.e. how *does* the strawman *exist*? I can appreciate Baum's readers would be offended, as Hutch above ... but, I found the book quite entertaining. I guess, as always, its up to you, but if you want to take a different view of a well-known place, this is worth a read. -- UUCP: ...!seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!dcl-cs!jam DARPA: jam%lancs.comp@ucl-cs | Post: University of Lancaster, JANET: jam@uk.ac.lancs.comp | Department of Computing, Phone: +44 524 65201 ext 4467 | Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK.