Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +2.11; site dcl-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!dcl-cs!jam From: jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: The Oz canon and PJF's "Barnstormer in OZ" Message-ID: <286@dcl-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 16:16:17 EDT Article-I.D.: dcl-cs.286 Posted: Fri Jul 5 16:16:17 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 06:37:31 EDT References: <2409@topaz.ARPA> <1452@shark.UUCP> Reply-To: jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani) Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University. Lines: 30 Xpath: icdoc ivax 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.