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BTRIPP, it appears that our libraries are more oriented toward Zelazny than Zen. I'm particularly impressed you own a copy of Doorways in the Sand. I usually have to put a copy of that book in someone's hand to get them to read it.

I've found it quite interesting watching as the "weighted" and non-weighted book lists have evolved in these various groups. Often the books that are showing up are NOT necessarily "on topic", at least until a certain volume of members are in play, at which the thematic commonalities do start rising to the surface!

I have a good deal of science fiction in my library, but nearly ALL of it is over 30 years old. This is one of the reasons that I really like the Groups feature on L.T., since the general "users with your books" listing was always a bit heavy on the SciFi.

Oh, man. Doorways in the Sand is one of my favorite Zelazny novels! Not sure what that has to do with Zen; for me, it's more a case of identifying with the perpetual student. ;)

It definitely speaks to the declining role of generalism and the liberal arts in education; I also like the intergalactic civilization in Doorways in the Sand, sort of like a more cynical version of David Brin's Uplift universe, and also the characters -- Charv, Ragma, Merrimee, Paul Byler, and of course Fred himself. (I may have botched a couple of spellings there.)

just a pop in, saying hello.