From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Thu Sep 03 1998 - 06:30:28 MDT
Michael Nielsen wrote:
> > Here's the plan:
> >
> > A student at Temple University buys Brin's
> > book thinking its science fiction; he doesn't
> > discover that it is, in fact, speculative non-
> > fiction until he reaches page 296. (Bare with
> > me here - I'm trying to establish a scenario
> > in which someone would willingly read the
> > entire book.)
>
> I read the entire book willingly. I'm surprised
> at the vehemence of people who dislike the
> book. I thought the book was quite well done,
> even though by and large I'm not in agreement
> with Brin.
I'm not against Brin's ideas, and I'm not for them
either. I intended that post to be like an optical
illusion - if you squint slightly it goes in the
opposite direction.
BM
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