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   Dorothy J Heydt to All   
   Re: I admit I fall asleep watching TV, b   
   20 Oct 09 00:35:32   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
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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   
   Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the hotmail edress.   
   Kithrup is getting too damn much spam, even with the sysop's filters.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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