Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-troa01!skeoch From: skeoch@troa01.DEC Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: SF with musical themes Message-ID: <3140@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 19:04:12 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3140 Posted: Tue Jul 16 19:04:12 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:21:31 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 24 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 ...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-troa01!skeoch "There are those in whom the spark of intelligence is of a somewhat lower voltage..."