-=> Quoting BARBARA SHAFFERMAN to CURTIS JOHNSON <=-
 CJ> he decided to turn it into an sf book at the end, and not very well
 CJ> done, either.  Others of his have been worth reading, though.
 BS> Well, that makes two negatives to my one positive. But I don't see how
 BS> you can describe it as an sf book. There was a strong thread of 
 BS> mysticism throughout, but science fiction??????
	How can a novel that resolves itself through technologically-
 induced time travel be anything but science fiction?
	But I would agree that Fowles certainly does not have
 a sensibility for science fiction or an understanding thereof.
 This was one reason it's a bad novel.
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