Re: General Semantics

In article <v8f5te$20pa3$3@dont-email.me>, Titus G  <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 1/08/24 00:51, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

On 28/07/2024 21.43, Jay E. Morris wrote:

On 7/28/2024 2:54 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

I recently re-read van Vogt's _The World of Null-A_, which seems
to bear the same relationship to General Semantics as does
_Atlas Shrugged_ to libertarianism.

>
I loved his Isher Weapons Shop novels but didn't  really understand
Null-A the second time I read it. This thread is encouraging me to try
it again. Is that wise?
>

I'm not sure if "understanding" a van Vogt book is really the point, but
be aware there are two versions of TWONA.  Damon Knight made his bones
critizing VV, and VV did (grudging) revisions in response to that.

I believe the original text is here in pdf and ebook form:

http://www.prosperosisle.org/spip.php?article262

so if you are coming at it again, you might want to try it as originally
experienced.
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