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!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!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: <316@dcl-cs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 09:01:38 EDT Article-I.D.: dcl-cs.316 Posted: Mon Jul 15 09:01:38 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 08:39:59 EDT References: <2409@topaz.ARPA> <1452@shark.UUCP> <286@dcl-cs.UUCP> <1457@shark.UUCP> Reply-To: jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani) Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University. Lines: 46 Xpath: icdoc ivax 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) -- 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.