Dear Stathis,
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From: "Stathis Papaioannou" <stathispapaioannou.domain.name.hidden>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: Tipler Weighs In
> Dear Stephen,
>
> Pearce spends considerable time in his thesis discussing the harm that
> "Brave New World" has done to Utopian causes. I rather suspect that Huxley
> would not have been disapproving, given his libertarian sympathies and
> fondness for hallucinogens in his later work. Orwell is completely
> different; there's nothing even superficially pleasant about his dystopian
> vision. The others I would have to look up; do you mean Frank "Dune"
> Herbert or another Frank Herbert?
Frank "Dune" Herbert, particularly, The Maker of Dune:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0425058344/qid=1116308591/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-5151334-9004020?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
> Pearce's thesis is freely available on his website, and it really is very
> well written, addressing just about every possible objection before you
> think of it.
>
Excellent, I will look for it.
Stephen
> --Stathis
>
>
Received on Tue May 17 2005 - 01:46:15 PDT