From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:25:04 +0000 From: Eris Discordia To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <536DBDE4CC9C2AF607C9CC21@[192.168.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <5d375e920812030354q6ecca570oa02e1e7a2ae493b@mail.gmail.com> References: <596CF3F8D968D3268870A0B8@192.168.1.2> <5d375e920812030354q6ecca570oa02e1e7a2ae493b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5738b6d2-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is now a 'short story'? Or your > "sci-fi" expertise is equivalent to your technical "expertise"? You're right. It's a novel--a "long story." I haven't read it. Which is why I didn't recommend it. I named and recommended what I had read. --On Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:54 PM +0100 Uriel wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Eris Discordia > wrote: >> At last, something I can claim expertise in--you actually see the >> "sci-fi" expertise showing on my feeble attempts at technicality ;-) >> >> [...] >> >> Then there's Philip K. Dick. One of his short stories was recommended (by >> which the film Blade Runner was inspired). > > "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is now a 'short story'? Or your > "sci-fi" expertise is equivalent to your technical "expertise"? > > Peace > > uriel > > PS.: And I agree with yy, it is a very recommendable book, as is most > work by P.K. Dick. Also is very recommendable almost everything by > Jack Vance, although it is less 'sci-fi' and more high quality > literature. >