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17 May 05 - 12:40 PM (#1486615) Subject: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: frogprince Bought this book, by Sharyn McCrumb, for a quarter, partly because I cracked up to see this title in a church rummage sale. Turned out to be really funny. But the reason I had the urge to mention it here, is the opening: "The visiting Scottish folksinger peered out of the elevator into the hotel lobby. When he pushed the button marked "G", he naturally assumed that he would arrive at the ground floor....Now he wasn't so sure. Things were different in America, but he hadn't realized they were *this*different. Perhaps "G" stood for Ganymede...A pale blue blonde stepped on to the elevator...." (The hotel is largely taken up by a Science Fiction fan convention). |
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17 May 05 - 12:49 PM (#1486624) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: John MacKenzie Billy Connolly meets Pamela Stevenson? Giok ¦¬] |
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17 May 05 - 12:54 PM (#1486629) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: frogprince Or are you thinkin'of Pamela ANDERSON? I'm pretty sure "it" is an alian life form, blue or not... |
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17 May 05 - 12:55 PM (#1486633) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: Clinton Hammond Better than that John... I've read this book a thousand times... it's the only McCrumb book I can stand... Geeks (Folkies, Trekies, RPGers, Furies) from all walks of life should read this book, so they KNOW what they really look like... |
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17 May 05 - 01:02 PM (#1486642) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: frogprince And yet, as scathing as the satire is, most of the "geeks" come off as decent, likeable people; which makes the book that much more enjoyable. |
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17 May 05 - 01:08 PM (#1486646) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: Clinton Hammond "most of the "geeks" come off as decent, likeable people" I guess that depends on your POV... |
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17 May 05 - 01:20 PM (#1486662) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: frogprince ...and some of them are truly creepy, and need to get a life. But the "hero" of the story is a pretty hard-core computer nerd, just lucky enough to get together with a good gal who likes him as he is. |
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17 May 05 - 01:50 PM (#1486688) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: Clinton Hammond I think one of the main difference is, 'Jay Omega' has hobbies... most of the other people in the book life theirs as if it was their whole life.... |
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17 May 05 - 02:19 PM (#1486708) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: frogprince Fun book, anyhow. |
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17 May 05 - 02:33 PM (#1486715) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: Clinton Hammond VERY fun book! I put it on my Must Read list for all my geek buddies! There's only one so far who didn't like it... That's cause he IS Richard Faber and didn't like being reminded of it! LOL |
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17 May 05 - 05:08 PM (#1486794) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: Rapparee It certainly IS a good book. And yes, it's about the only McCrumb I can stand, too. |
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17 May 05 - 08:46 PM (#1486926) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: GUEST Shame on you all! Some of her other books are quite good, if a little grim. |
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17 May 05 - 10:44 PM (#1486983) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: GUEST,CAH Everthing else of hers that I've read has been crap... |
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17 May 05 - 10:52 PM (#1486990) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: Phil Cooper I think Bimbos is a great book. Sorry I loaned it to my brother and never got it back. |
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18 May 05 - 08:20 AM (#1487171) Subject: RE: BS: Bimbos of the Death Sun From: A Wandering Minstrel An excellent story as anyone who has attended an SF convention filk-session will testify. And quite a good who-done-it too |