Doug Pensinger wrote:
>
> David Hobby wrote:
>
> > I believe Player of Games is one of the best, certainly
> > the best "first book". Use of Weapons is probably best, but be
> > warned, it's not a cheery book. The rest are all good, but I was
> > not too impressed with Look to Windward, it seemed derivative.
>
> Derivative? Not sure what you mean.
Nothing too much that was new. Mostly more of the same-old
stuff. (Yawn.)
>
> > Depends--what exactly IS a git? The best definition I can
> > produce is "one who intentionally refuses to think"...
>
> a foolish or worthless person (http//www.m-w.com)
That's a dictionary definition. I've read a few. They
give one the general sense of the word, but don't really settle
what Horza is. He really seems to be balanced on the knife-edge
between git and not git.
If one acts foolishly for idealistic reasons, is one
really a git? Probably not. But add that one's ideals are
not quite consistent, and one is quite possibly a git.
I give up--the Brits can argue this one out.
---David
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