Subj : The Game
To   : Joshua Lee
From : Curtis Johnson
Date : Tue Nov 21 2000 05:50 pm

 JL> Defininately - at it's extreme were stories of planet-sized computers.
 
 CJ>  Hell, the extreme was an Asimov short-short in which a computer
 CJ> in hyperspace re-creates the universe.

 JL> I think I read that one.

 JL> (spoiler alert!)

 JL> Didn't it end with "in the beginning"? :-)

 JL> (end spoiler alert.)

	IIRC, the ending line was "And there was light."

	Hey, you might enjoy rooting through some "William Tenn"
(Philip Klass) story collections and see if you can find one I
vaguely remember, about the problem of deciding whether the Venusian
ETs were really Jewish as they claimed to be.  I remember it as
being pretty funny.
 
 JL> Hey, Galaxy! That's a name I haven't seen for a while; I used to
 JL> read those in the '70s when I was in elementary school. (I was a
 JL> precocious child - already reading on nearly an adult level; albeit
 JL> without adult sophistication.)
 
 CJ>  I was a slow slug, I guess--I read them in junior high
 CJ> in the late '60s.

 JL> Our teacher was thoughtful enough to bring Galaxy to class; and
 JL> let me borrow them. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a scientist

	Somebody please call Coincidence Control!  The first sf
magazine I ever read *was* in elementary school, and it was a
Galaxy (unless it was an IF), and during down time of some kind
I was able to read one story.
	Yeah, I also wanted to be a scientist.

 JL> when I grew up. I compulsively checked out every book I could
 JL> find on the subject even (OOTC) reading Jacob Bronowosky on
 JL> the philosophy of science; which was my introduction to the
 JL> subject.

	A housemate here has a slim volume of Bronowski's.  Haven't
read it yet, or anything else by Bronowski.  (I guess that call to
CC just came through.)
 
 CJ>  Seriously, you should buy a bunch of sealing baggies
 CJ> in quantity first chance you get and put one issue in each
 CJ> sealed transparent bag.  That's an investment which will repay
 CJ> itself within a decade.

 JL> I'll keep that in mind if I can take them out of storage when I
 JL> revisit Virginia. Me and Dad didn't save them for investment value
 JL> though, more for entertainment value and the tendency to never throw
 JL> away good SF reading material. (He has an equally large collection 
 JL> of SF books - especially ones that are a part of a series or from 
 JL> certain authors.)

	The bags keep pulp mags from deteriorating at a rapid rate, so
it's a good idea if you plan to read them again at all.

	
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