> >On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:52:19 -0330, Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > > <scratching head> > > > > > > Doesn't every book have people escaping tyranny by going to another > >planet, > > > struggling to survive on the new planet with tyranny following them, and > > > then those people fighting for their freedom? > > > > > > -Travis "fresh from computer trouble" Edmunds > > > >On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:27:13 -0600, Mauro Diotallevi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>wrote: > > > >Brin's Glory Season and Practice Effect both have people on the new > >planet creating their own tyranny.
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:17:07 -0330, Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > My comments were naught but figurative assertions; much to the chagrin of > the humorless, I'm sure. > > Moving on from that, it could be argued that in Glory Season and The > Practice Effect - both of which I haven't read - the characters, the > 'people', have indeed had tyranny _follow_ them to their new world; namely, > themselves. Not being humorless on my end, merely trying to insert a bit of Brin into brin-l :-). But I can see from how I worded my statement that you might have seen it as directly contradictory of you, when I was simply trying to say that Brin tends to buck the usual trends. MD _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
