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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
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   >_Paradise Lost_ is an amazing piece of work (sort of has to be to still   
   >be popular centuries later), and I recommend it.  (I know someone who   
   >only read _Moby Dick_ because Captain Picard had read it, and was quite   
   >glad to have done so.  I never thought to ask if he'd read _Paradise   
   >Lost_; if not that would seem to settle the "Kirk vs Picard" question.)   
      
   It is a great work.  On the other hand, if you're female you may   
   not be able to finish it.  I couldn't.  Milton wants his females   
   to be brainless, will-less nitwits who regard their husbands as   
   gods and never do *anything* except what their husbands tell them   
   to.   
      
   --   
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at hotmail dot com   
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