I think we read the same book...Fan: "So who long did it take you to write this book, Mr. Bova?" Bova: "All my life." Sound familiar??
"Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" >From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 2/13/10, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> wrote: From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] The Complete List Of Sources Avatar's Accused Of Ripping Off - To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 2:36 PM Pal, I posted, a few months ago, that I had a book on writing by Ben Bova. In it, he said that, basically, there are only five stories in all of SF/fantasy, and that everything is somehow derived from them. Been meaning to find the book so that I could post the lines, but I can't find it in my mess. So the repetition doesn't shock me, either. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:57:31 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] The Complete List Of Sources Avatar's Accused Of Ripping Off - Hmm...I guess A lot of writers spend their time ripping off other writers then...Not seeing the problem... "Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" >From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ hotmail.com> wrote: From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] The Complete List Of Sources Avatar's Accused Of Ripping Off - To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifino...@yahoogro ups.com>, cinque3...@verizon. net, ggs...@yahoo. com Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 2:47 PM At least we know he did a lot of reading in advance. That counts for something, right? And, in a way, he's done us all a favor. Would cost a pretty penny for us to pick up all of this source material on our own. He's conveniently lumped it all into one neat package. Martin (in no way endorsing intellectual grand larceny) Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now.
