Doug Pensinger wrote: > > David Hobby wrote: > > > I believe Player of Games is one of the best, certainly > > the best "first book". Use of Weapons is probably best, but be > > warned, it's not a cheery book. The rest are all good, but I was > > not too impressed with Look to Windward, it seemed derivative. > > Derivative? Not sure what you mean.
Nothing too much that was new. Mostly more of the same-old stuff. (Yawn.) > > > Depends--what exactly IS a git? The best definition I can > > produce is "one who intentionally refuses to think"... > > a foolish or worthless person (http//www.m-w.com) That's a dictionary definition. I've read a few. They give one the general sense of the word, but don't really settle what Horza is. He really seems to be balanced on the knife-edge between git and not git. If one acts foolishly for idealistic reasons, is one really a git? Probably not. But add that one's ideals are not quite consistent, and one is quite possibly a git. I give up--the Brits can argue this one out. ---David _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l