On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Sean Johnston wrote:
>
> >
> >EE "Doc" Smith's _Lensmen_ series featured the planet of Lyrane, where the
> >women were all gorgeous, strapping, *naked* six-footers, and the men were
> >ugly little creatures with a tendency to fight each other to the death at the
> >drop of a hat.
> >
> >Nicola
>
> Nicola,
> And this is fiction (the men part)?
>
I was utterly shocked, rereading this, to see how one of the Lensmen -
a **diplomat!*** spoke to the chief of state. Something on the order of
"See here, sister, you're so full of baloney ....">
Patricia (Pat) Mathews
mathews@unm.edu
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