ATTN JMS: Deconstruction(spoilers)

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From: Chris Garland <cgarland at pce.net>
Date: 7 Nov 1997 19:20:24 -0500
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JMS,
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I imagine that the sequence set 1000 years in the future is a nod to
Walter Miller's A Canticle For Liebowitz.  If that's so, was the use of
combined words such as "realfact" and "goodfact" in the 500 year
sequence similarly a tip of the hat to David Brin's "The Crystal
Spheres", which made considerable use of this technique?

Chris Garland
cgarland at pce.net

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 8 Nov 1997 11:01:12 -0500
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> was the use of
>combined words such as "realfact" and "goodfact" in the 500 year
>sequence similarly a tip of the hat to David Brin's "The Crystal
>Spheres", which made considerable use of this technique?

Since I never read it, the answer would be no.  

This is a common technique in literary SF, from 1984 to Brave New World, some
 cyberpunk stuff...it's pretty common stuff.


 jms
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