HI Dan,

On Sat 2037-May-09 17:24, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> I read everything of his too, all the other sci fi classic,
 RW> both of the JOseph W. Campbell school and the other faction. Edward E

DC> Is he the former Catholic priest, or is that a different Campbell?  

I don't think so but might be wrong.  Original editor of
Amazing stories or something like that.

tHe CAmpbellian school of science fiction was essentially
that all the alien races encountered in the travels of
whatever intrepid explorers were the main characters must be humanoid in
appearance.  IT had to be human in basic form if it was intelligent.

 RW> school years, and still like good sci fi.  NO folks star wars ain't it.
 RW> TOo juvenile for my tastes.

DC> I liked the first movie, but all the others were went down hill. 
DC> And, in  a way, they were a rip-off of _Dune_.  That movie could
DC> have been a lot better.  

Iirc it predated the DUne movie, and didn't even care for
the first one that much.
AS for the DUne movie, don't waste your time, read the
series.


Regards,
           Richard
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