Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!patcl From: patcl@tekecs.UUCP (Pat Clancy) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Friday, by Heinlein, + more Message-ID: <3454@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 20:13:09 EST Article-I.D.: tekecs.3454 Posted: Fri Jan 27 20:13:09 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 09:01:45 EST Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR. Lines: 21 I completely agree with your assessment of "Friday" as drivel, although I must admit that my opinion is based on only the first 1/3 of the book, as that was all I could stomach. I think the worst aspect of the book was the endlessly monotonous dialogue, which displayed such a contrived and pre-adolescent attempt at "cuteness" that it made me wince. Speaking of bad sf, this gives me an opportunity to voice a dissenting opinion on Brin's "Startide Rising", another dog that, to use the words of Dorothy Parker, "should not be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force". Probably the worst attempt at depicting aliens that has appeared in many years. Second only to Gene Wolfe in the bad writing catagory. Pat Clancy Tektronix