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• i liked Contact - late 09:19:15 08/15/01 (11)
  In Reply to: Re: Maltin's Ratings of Sci-Fi Films (Cont'd).... posted by AudioHead78 on August 15, 2001 at 07:51:04:

  Hi,
  My feeling is that it's probably going to remain the best scifif movie for decades; and i don't much care what anyone else thinks about it..... It's real scifi for one thing(not a popular thing), some of the bad guys are conservative politicians(something i like), and the #2 good guy (the boyfriend) is a conservative, which, believe it or not, i liked a lot(need to balance off the first thing i like, and it also offers verisimilitude). So my reasons are liking it are partly personal, partly because i have a taste for 'hard' scifi. Never heard a reviewer let on he knew what hard scifi was.
  Now i also like 'Amazon Women of the Avocado Jungle' and i loved the first Muppet Movie, so take it FWIW :)
  
  

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  • Relative to the book... - Rich 10:02:33 08/15/01 (10)
    In Reply to: i liked Contact posted by late on August 15, 2001 at 09:19:15:

    the movie is a bad joke.
    
    

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    • well, this is embarassing - late 11:06:17 08/15/01 (9)
      In Reply to: Relative to the book... posted by Rich on August 15, 2001 at 10:02:33:

      Hi,
      i haven't actually read the book. Found it a bit dry, think i will give it another chance.
      
      

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      • The book is great sci-fi (nt) - Rich 12:02:21 08/15/01 (8)
        In Reply to: well, this is embarassing posted by late on August 15, 2001 at 11:06:17:

        
        
        
        

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        • got the book- just what i needed- thanks much! <<..nt..>> - late 13:21:39 08/18/01 (0)
          In Reply to: The book is great sci-fi (nt) posted by Rich on August 15, 2001 at 12:02:21:

          the little nuggets really make the book special
          
          

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        • ditto... - chiggy 09:36:39 08/17/01 (6)
          In Reply to: The book is great sci-fi (nt) posted by Rich on August 15, 2001 at 12:02:21:

          i miss sagan. asimov too. among other things, there was such a wonderful sense of humanity in their works. contact i read just before he passed away...its one of the few books i re-read every year or so.

          regards,
          chiggy
          
          

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          • Asimov - AudioHead 10:20:30 08/17/01 (5)
            In Reply to: ditto... posted by chiggy on August 17, 2001 at 09:36:39:

            ***their was such a wonderful sense of humanity...***

            Asimov humanized robots by endowing them with a moral code of conduct, i.e.,
            The Three Laws of Robotics. - AH
            
            

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            • The Foundation was a touchstone for me, wonderful...--nt-- - late 12:47:52 08/17/01 (4)
              In Reply to: Asimov posted by AudioHead on August 17, 2001 at 10:20:30:

              x
              
              

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              • Ditto, I love the Foundation series! (nt) - CarlEber 13:54:25 08/19/01 (3)
                In Reply to: The Foundation was a touchstone for me, wonderful...--nt-- posted by late on August 17, 2001 at 12:47:52:

                nt
                
                
                
                

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                • Re: Ditto, I love the Foundation series! (nt) - AudioHead 12:49:45 08/23/01 (2)
                  In Reply to: Ditto, I love the Foundation series! (nt) posted by CarlEber on August 19, 2001 at 13:54:25:

                  I recommend "Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections On Science Fiction" - 1989
                  Doubleday; if you haven't already read it. It's excellent -
                  a collection of 66 essays which appeared as editorials in Issac
                  Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine from August 1981 to Mid-December
                  1985. - AH
                  
                  

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                  • It's only avaliable in hardcover from Amazon for $15.00(nt) - CarlEber 19:47:59 08/23/01 (0)
                    In Reply to: Re: Ditto, I love the Foundation series! (nt) posted by AudioHead on August 23, 2001 at 12:49:45:

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                  • Thanks much, I'll seek it out (nt) - CarlEber 18:34:46 08/23/01 (0)
                    In Reply to: Re: Ditto, I love the Foundation series! (nt) posted by AudioHead on August 23, 2001 at 12:49:45:

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