[geeks] books for fun?

[dave at cca.org]

chris at yonderway.com writes:

>On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 22:24, Tim H. wrote:

>> I was just wondering what everybody else reads for entertainment.

>More recently I've been reading classics from HG Wells, Samuel Clemens,
>and going back to re-explore Douglas Adams.  When you stop and consider
>that Wells & Clemens were at the forefront of science fiction writing,
>the originality of their works is that much more apparent.  Of course
>Clemens only dabbled in the genre.

I love Wells. "When The Sleeper Awakes" in particular.

>Anybody who hasn't read everything ever written by Douglas Adams should
>have their Geek Club card confiscated and shredded.

Anyone who thinks the "improbability drive" idea was not plagiarism
should have their geek club card revoked. :-)

(I actually discussed this with him once. He claimed ignorance
of course, but I don't buy it.)

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