David Hobby wrote:
>
> ...
> > > > So, by the same token, are you refusing to read Silverberg's _Downward
> > > > to the Earth_?
> > > >
> > > > Julia
> > >
> > > Got me. The title seems safe. (Googles...) All I can find are
> > > some reviews comparing it to Conrad's _Heart of Darkness_.
> ...
> > The degree to which it parallels _Heart of Darkness_ is incredible.
> >
> > If you've read _Heart of Darkness_, everything is going to feel very
> > familiar.
> >
> > If you've not read _Heart of Darkness_ maybe your reading time would best be
> > spent reading something more original. :)
> >
> > Julia
>
> This strikes a chord. I got another Robert Silverberg book out
> of the library a few years back, _Gilgamesh the King_. But
> after thumbing through it, it seemed to be pretty much the
> _Gilgamesh_ story, fleshed out. So back it went, unread...
>
> I similar thing happened with _Nightfall_ a few years back.
> I read the novel, and found it did not have much more content
> than the eponymous short story. So what was the point?
>
> ---David
Money?
Julia
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