Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Jack Chalker Message-ID: <847@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 18:04:07 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.847 Posted: Sun Jul 14 18:04:07 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 08:34:13 EDT References: <472@mmintl.UUCP> <178@bcsaic.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 18 >>As far as I can tell, Chalker uses the *same* two ideas in every book he >>writes: shape change and mind control/tyranny. He is reasonably inventive >>in coming up with variations on these, but as far as I am concerned, enough >>is enough. >Not only that, but in the Lords of the Diamond tetralogy, he used almost >exactly the same *TEXT* for about thirty pages. (... let's see, block >copy from here to new passage, change the names ...) Ah, but in the Four Lords of the Diamond, it was *essential* that the text be exactly, or almost exactly, the same. (I found it interesting that he did change some of the text; I guess he believes that the physical substance making up a person affects (if not controls) that person's thoughts---a reasonable stand....) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland