At 13:13 2/6/97 -0700, you wrote:

Hi all.

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	And to continue with that theme, I think The Cat Who Walks Through
Walls was interesting right up to the point where Lazurus pops in.

I wholeheartedly agree...  As either I or one of my friends put it, Heinlein
basically took two completely different books and stapled them together...

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	But hey, how about wrenching this back towards the topic?  Personally,
I think the vistor from a meta-reality joining the BGC crew has been
done to death.  I like how Bert handled it in his series (starting out
fairly incompitant, and still not really stable enough to trust by
himself), 

Yeah, that was good, tho (as has been pointed out), the KS wind up playing
second fiddle and/or acting as comic relief for most of chapters 2-7, even
_with_ Bert getting the stuffing beaten out of him every chance he gets.
Chapters 8 and 9, however, read almost like a 'normal' episode of BGC, with
the addition of Bert and the Hollister plot.

I like how Twister handled it in his (by not joining the KS,
and just hanging out and helping out), 

Haven't read this one (which is it?)

and finally, how Gryphon and
Megazone handled it (by importing tech from other universes that largely
out-classes the local tech - if you've got interdimensional resources,
why not *use* them?),

<g>

but I'd be hardpressed to see a new variation on
it other than this 'Books' Thing, which sounds interesting.  (As I seem
to pick it: the main character (Ian?) tries to run away from being
squished by all the mechas, and Sylia is very suspicious about his
knowledge... in other words, knowing about BGC seems to be a handicap
for the poor boy.)

I should probably read this, too...

I'd like to see someone who goes dimension-jumping wind up in the ADP, for
once.  I don't see how _that_ could be accomplished without trouble (well,
it was managed in the BGC/Gall Force crossover, I guess), but it'd be rather
interesting to see the otaku getting shot at with the rest of the grunts for
a change.

So bite me. :-)

Not even with Happousai's dentures. }:-{D

Redneck (hey, I liked Wedding, but please don't put Lazarus Long on the
invite list)

	Why am I suddenly remembering the end of Star Wars?  "STAY ON TOPIC!
STAY ON TOP.."  BOOM!

<chuckle>

 -Andrew