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FSogol

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4. I did enjoy the tv series. They tried to clean up his misrepresentations of Chinese and Japanese

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 7, 2016, 09:05 AM

Jan 2016

culture by pointing out (several times) that the Japanese trade minister enjoyed Chinese culture much to the amusement of everyone else.

It won the Hugo Award since it was kind of ground breaking as alternate history.

PS. My favs by him beyond "Ubik" include the short story's, "Something for us Tempunaunts" and "The Electric Ant", as well as the novel. Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb."

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I did enjoy the tv series. They tried to clean up his misrepresentations of Chinese and Japanese FSogol Jan 2016 #4