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>From: D.J.Butcher@newcastle.ac.uk (Dave Butcher)
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Subject: Re: _The Turing Option_
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Date: 26 Aug 92 14:01:15 GMT
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Jason Asbahr writes:- (in <COSC176T.92Aug26010939@menudo.uh.edu>)

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>_The Turing Option_ came as a welcome change to the recent endless
>stream of near-future sci-fi novels that paint only scarred and
>desolate futures.  Though everything isn't beautiful, and people
>are still people, it's a hopeful vision.

Lets be honest, we live in a pretty scarred and desolate present.

Dave.

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David Butcher
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