|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
robert piepenbrink  writes: |
20th is using the new establishment definition of "fascist" Parz--much the same as the Communist use of "counter-revolutionary." It means anything unacceptable to them. As for the "laughable" enlistment of people old enough to have children of military age--in wartime, no less--20th, when you're done with your study of Iwo Jima, you might want to read about states really up against it. A 30-year gap between youngest and oldest recruit isn't even uncommon. My father had men in his boot company 25 years older than he was, and he was on the winning side. And any old soldier has his stock of stories about running into people known from somewhere else. TMP. Obviously not illiterate. And I'm not sure what constitutes a "non-reader." But my impression is that most of us spend more time watching fiction on TV than reading fiction, and have for decades. Apart from votes, watch the discussion on both SF Books and adventuring spacecraft. Generally, the discussion goes on as though there were no such thing as the printed word. So, as I said, I will not repeat the mistake in future poll suggestions. That too, I think, is "reasonable." |
Back to the Homepage
407 hits since 3 Oct 2025
©1994-2025 Bill Armintrout
Comments or corrections?
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
If you were a member of this website, you could participate in website polls. Would you like a free membership?
| VOTING RESULTS | |||
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) | 31 | 8% |  |
|---|---|---|---|
Dune (Frank Herbert) | 42 | 10% | |
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) | 31 | 8% | |
Foundation (Isaac Asimov) | 38 | 9% | |
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) | 29 | 7% | |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (Douglas Adams) | 28 | 7% | |
Mote in God's Eye, The (Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven) | 24 | 6% | |
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) | 44 | 11% | |
Starship Troopers (Robert Heinlein) | 51 | 12% | |
Time Machine, The (H.G. Wells) | 32 | 8% | |
War of the Worlds, The (H.G. Wells) | 58 | 14% | |
all of the above | 2 | 0% | |
none of these/no opinion | 1 | 0% | |
this is ridiculous | 1 | 0% | |
not my genre | 0 | 0% | |
not my cup of tea | 0 | 0% | |
| POLL IS CLOSED |
| POLL DESCRIPTION | |
Poll suggestion by Poll set up by |
paints another Grey Knights squad.
