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From: brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Good First SF stories
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 12:15:33 EDT
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> I had an English teacher who was felt that that
> no great English literature had been written since the
> time of Milton.  She didn't mean that  nothing worth 
> reading had been written, just nothing exceptionally good.
> Her opinion of science fiction was extremely low.  
> 							-Castor Fu
> 							ihnp4!lanl!dspo!fu

Interesting.  I know someone who has taught English.  She
has an MA, with a Shakespear specialty.  She also feels
that no great literature has been written since, approxamatly,
Milton.  She feels the exceptions are mostly found in Science Fiction,
Mysteries, and children's books.

			-- SKZB