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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: <316@dcl-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 09:01:38 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 09:01:38 1985
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In article <1457@shark.UUCP> hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) writes:
>In article <286@dcl-cs.UUCP> jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani) writes:
>>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.
>>>
>>As usual?
>>
>Rather than let this degenerate into a series of opinionated flames,

why not?

>admit that I have grown very tired of Farmer's more casual work, but I do
>want to point out that Farmer doesn't look at a place as if it were real.
>Farmer tampering with the work of other authors, resulting in garbage, look
>at what he did to Tarzan of the Apes.  Actually, I think he's done two such
>things, "Lord Tyger" and this pseudo-history thing whose name I forget that
>ties Doc Savage, Greystoke, and n-thousand other heroes together into the
>same family tree (unnecessary!).
>
>Hutch

OK thats your opinion but I think fellow netters (esp. these guys who
use *really* obscure quotes as their sign-offs) would positively
revel in the minutae and tortuous connections drawn by Farmer to
form the legendary Wold Newton family tree ....

I stand by what I said ... if U want to visit well-known characters
and situations reflected in PJF's mind, "Barnstormer in Oz" is well
worth a look.

			Be Seeing You

			(non-obscure sign-off)

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