Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA:Stabron%xls-plexus01.amc@amc-hq.arpa From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:Stabron%xls-plexus01.amc@amc-hq.arpa Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Response to Bill Laubenheimer Message-ID: <557@topaz.ARPA> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 14:50:36 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.557 Posted: Fri Feb 8 14:50:36 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 04:52:37 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 24 From: Judith TabronI was *very* impressed by Varley myself; so much so that I have already formulated stories for Cirrocco Jones (my highest honor), who has become my favorite female hero and perhaps all-around character. She is so believable, so real, that she gives you a touchstone for believing the rest of Titan. My battered copy of _Titan_ bears witness to that. Anybody else fascinated enough with Greco-Roman mythology to understand all the references Varley makes? For me that added to the fun of reading _Titan_; I especially loved Varley's "interpretation" of centaurs in the Titanides, but can't figure out why he named them that when the Titanides in mythology were nothing like his centaur-like beings in the book. I thought Varley's ending to _Demon_ was well-done and pretty satisfying. I would love more books on Titan, but if they get much more esoteric than the ending of _Demon_ I'm afraid they will lose that earthy feel _Titan_ started out with, and that I so treasure in Cirrocco. Judi, Dragonkeeper "On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry to you." "A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits."