ALT.SF4M

  Scifi writers on doofy show

   • j********o@***.com
     06/04/1997 00:00:000 UTC

     I happened by "Strange Universe" one night and they had several SF
     writers commenting on cloning. There was Brin (who looked considerably
     older than I'd figured he was - but that ICON was a long

     time ago now, I guess), Niven, and Octavia Butler (there might have been
     others). They all came off as science fiction dweebs, although Niven had
     the most intelligent observations. Brin threw in

     some goofy liberal/intellectualisms, and Butler wandered off into
     talking about Frankenstein and feminism, or some other psycho-crap.

     Gorno

     "I don't know where I am, but I know I don't like it:

     Open my mouth and out pops something spiteful.

     Words are so cheap, but they can turn out expensive;

     Words, like convictions, can turn into a sentence."