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   Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   Replicant SanFrancisco2019 covertly transmitting a message to renegade   
   friends in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
      
   >"Netrunner"  wrote in message   
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   >    At this particular cocktail party, I'm the tag-along "and a guest" of   
   >someone who was invited by name.  I read, and did not particularly like, the   
   >first Hitchhiker book (didn't like the movie much either).   
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   >    So I'll be off nursing my Singapore Sling in the library, looking for   
   >something, anything written by Asimov, Clarke, Gibson or Damon Knight.   
      
   First and foremost, it is a radio series.  I actually listened to it   
   live and have one of those big black vinyl disc things of it.  I have   
   the script in book form also.  The novels are good to me, but probably   
   more in the five book trilogy than just the first.  The quotes I make   
   are actually from the TV series which I have on DVD.  I do own the   
   movie on DVD as well, but just like every other Hollywood movie from a   
   British TV series, they completely miss the point and even with HIS   
   own involvement, the effort of trying to change this simple law killed   
   him.  Not liking the first book I can accept as a simple "this isn't   
   really my thing".  The movie isn't really anybody's thing, except as   
   mild escapist amusement, but even then slightly annoying.  Or, in   
   certain aspects, very annoying. The one thing I predicted (correctly   
   IMO) after seeing it at the cinema was that it would work better on a   
   small screen.   
      
   So, I'll happily pour us both fresh Singapore Slings and join you in   
   the library where we can discuss Damon Knight.  I know of him, but   
   cannot seem to recall ever actually reading any of his books.  Perhaps   
   you could suggest where one might start?   
      
   Netrunner   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)