Good choice

Post #26,071 by wharris2 1/28/02 12:55:55 PM Reply	Good choice Battlefield Earth (the book) and the idiotic "breath-gas" cured me of Hubbard. One of these days I may watch the movie, but it can't be too much worse than the book, can it? "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #26,075 by Silverlock 1/28/02 1:06:03 PM Reply	Movie- Not having read the book, I can't give a comparison. I will say the book would have to be truly awful to be any worse than the movie. The movie was one of the worst crapfests I've seen in years. When I visit the aquarium, the same thought keeps running through my mind; Leemmmooonnn, Buuttteerrr, MMMmmmmmm good!
Post #26,083 by wharris2 1/28/02 1:21:59 PM Reply	It's early in the week but you just gave me a big laugh. For the moment, you own the "laugh" award. The book was pretty crummy. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #26,284 by boxley 1/29/02 9:40:26 AM Reply	Hey I kinda liked his sci fi Space operas plain and simple with cartoon cutouts for characters and a Capt Kirk attitude. thanx, bill My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #26,288 by wharris2 1/29/02 9:48:28 AM Reply	Which SF? Battlefield Earth stunk. I remember reading some of his earlier stuff and thinking it wasn't that bad, but I don't remember specifics. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #26,309 by boxley 1/29/02 10:55:53 AM Reply	battlefield earth was a cartoon in words he was a hack but a good hack, thanx, bill My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #26,452 by admin 1/29/02 11:05:11 PM Reply	Wasn't bad... ... as long as you weren't expecting literature. Like E.E. Doc Smith, but a bit modernized. I actually have the entire Decology he wrote. Very amusing, actually, if you read it as humor. I really hope he wasn't serious, though. Couldn't have been... it was just too over the top. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #26,629 by static 1/31/02 5:15:03 AM Reply	I read the book. I wasn't really impressed with it. Not enough to read it again. I think he really tried too hard to use all sorts of genres. The book was, at core, a drama, with elements of romance and comedy. He stated in the introduction that he didn't like fantasy, but there was some (of the "Star Wars" variety, if you know what I mean). In the same introduction, he said something about being a science-fiction writer. Unfortunately, he didn't know his science very well. The idea of the Psyklos physiology being different was actually rather good, if unoriginal, but then he tried to explain it and showed he had very little clue about basic cell biology. It was also most annoying he never named just what "breath-gas" was. I also found the way he had his characters use very very long zooms to "look in the past" to be somewhat suspect. I don't think Hubbard was a terribly good writer. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"

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