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From: chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Science Fiction in Music
Message-ID: <204@utflis.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 22:09:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: utflis.204
Posted: Mon Jul 15 22:09:54 1985
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Reply-To: chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai)
Organization: FLIS, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <391@spar.UUCP> freeman@max.UUCP (Jay Freeman) writes:
>                 .... can anyone think of interesting examples of written SF
>in which music played a dominant theme?    ...

Let's not forget the "Harper Hall of Pern" trilogy by McCaffrey.
I know it's aimed at 'younger readers', but I actually enjoyed it more
then the "Dragonriders" triology.  In "Crystal Singer", also by McCaffery,
music plays a supporting role in that it is the tool/medium thru which
'crsytal cutting' is done.  (in case anyone is not informed: McCaffery
studied, directed and sang in voice/operattas before starting her career
in SF/F writting)
Also Ursula LeQuin's short story "Gwilan's Harp" (in her book 
"The Compass Rose") has music as an imporatant theme.  
It's not anything fancy or flashy (LeQuin's works never were)
but I liked it a lot.
-- 
Henry Chai 
Faculty of Library and Information Science, U of Toronto
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