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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht
> news:web.45c1b005fa3b26c2f1cb1e660@news.povray.org...
> >>
> >> Ah yes! "The sentinel"! In a way, I prefer that story to 2001 itself.
> >>
> >
> > As do I. This was one of the first stories that got me thinking, that and
> > The Star. Although I have a soft spot for Robin Hood FRS which I read
> > about
> > the same time.
> >
>
> Aah, memory!!
> I think that The Star has been one of the first *true* SF stories I have
> read in my youth (apart from Jules Verne of course!). I remember that it was
> found the theme profoundly moving and - yes - that got me thinking too,
> about religion, fate, and the indifference of the Universe (or Life for that
> matter). It confirmed a few questions I already had :-)
>
> Thomas
Yes, I thought it was a bit blasphemous then. But I was young and innocent
in those days.
Stephen
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