(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

James Wynn crushtv at gmail.com
Wed Jul 7 09:43:07 PDT 2010


>>Dan'l said:
>>My first reaction when I read Urth was
>>disappointment; it seemed such an_unnecessary_  book...

>>Antonio said:
>>You mean spending 5 days in Stamboul is unnecessary if you
>>can sightsee the broad outlines in 4?

>Dan'l said:
>No; I meant that, having spent four days in Stamboul,
>a fifth day that takes me>back to the things I've
>already seen seems pointless. I'd rather see something
>new. UotNS was not _quite_ that disappointing --
>there were definitely new vistas. But I felt that the
>driver was taking me to a lot of places I'd been before.

Hmmm...would you say The Silmarillion was an unnecessary book?


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