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Pane fiB The Red and Black. Wednesday. September 19, 1973
Georgia museum
loaned exhibition
GREATEST HITS'
Clarke of 2001' fame leads sci-fi lit
Graphics by Edouard
Vuillard, drawings by
Pierre Bonnard, and A
merican portraits from
the National Gallery of
Art will be on exhibit this
fall at the Georgia Muse
um
Edouaid Vuillard was
one of the most distin
guished of the “Nabis”
painters, who were known
in early twentieth century
Paris as artistic pioneers.
Vuillard’s graphics have
recently been “rediscover
ed,” and an exhibition of
sixty-two prints will be
displayed through Oct. 15
at the Museum.
A major exhibition of
landscapes, nudes, and
figure studies drawn by
Pierre Bonnard will be at
the Museum through Nov.
4
In addition, the Museum
will feature a group of late
18th century portraits by
American artists, includ
ing John Wollaston. Joseph
Badger, and Ammi Phil
lips
In addition, the gallery
in the Visual Arts building
will feature works by
Ralph Cox from Sept. 23
through Oct. 12. The works
of Wiley Sanderson will be
exhibited from Oct. 15-17,
and those of Vincent
Dieball. recently appointed
head of the Department of
Art. from Oct. 29-Nov. 10.
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By CHARLES CRAIG
To dwell solely on the "new"
science fiction would be to
ignore by far the majority of
outstanding science fiction,
something I have no intention
of doing Then again. "The
road to hell is paved with good
intentions." So what?
So I am going to pick out
what I think are the "Greatest
Hits" in science fiction, the
novels which I consider to he
the very best efforts in the
genre.
ARTHUR C. CLARKE of
"2001" fame has more "great
est hits" than any other author
I could name Clarke's first
novel, written while he was in
high school, is one of them
Titled AGAINST THE FALL
BOOK
REVIEW
QF NIGHT, it’s the story of a
tccnaged boy living in a
millenium-old city of immort
als perched on the parched
planet Earth.
The city is perfectly ordered
and self-sustaining. Quiet little
robots buzz here and there,
keeping the place orderly and
providing the essentials for the
population of artists, writers,
and others with the all-consum
ing passions necessary for
| tolerating eternal life.
The teenaged hero starts
wondering if there might not
be something other than sand
outside the city, so he enlists
the aid of the city's historian
and discovers a way to escape.
He splits. Unnoticed by the
population of ultra-aesthetic
types, and makes some start
ling discoveries about the city
and the history of the human
race.
The book has very little of
the inexpertise you would
expect in a first novel, and
Clarke's description of a
technology which makes to
day's scientific advances look
Neolithic is somehow complete
ly convincing. But most of all.
NIGHT is chock full of the
“sense of wonder." the nectar
for which all sci-fi fans thirst.
CLARKE ALSO wrote
CHILDHOOD S END. a novel
ette (or short novel, if you
prefer), which is semi-popular
in the counterculture because
of its quasi-religious theme. It
seems that a mysterious group
of aliens show up in their
spaceships about 50 years after
the children on Earth staVt
developing psi powers (which
enable one to move objects
using ESP-like power). What is
the connection?
I'm not going to tell you
what the connection is. I will
ti ll you that CHILDHOOD'S
END contains the smash-all
bag-up ending to end all
smash-all bang-up endings. It
makes “The Poseidon Adven
ture” look like an old lady
falling down a flight of stairs.
Clarke also wrote the only
non novel I’m going to include
here, the short story “Who
Goes There?” (upon which the
relatively excellent motion
picture “The Thing" was
based).
• Who Goes There?” is about
a group of scientists manning a
research station in Antartica
who discover the frozen body
of a nasty-looking being from
another planet. Naturally, they
tie the body to a spit over a
fire to thaw it out. Naturally,
they leave one poor soul (who
obviously doesn’t read much
science fiction) alone to guard
the thawing thing. Naturally,
when they return, the poor
fellow has vanished...and so
has the alien! What follows is
the scariest science fiction you
are ever likely to read.
Naturally, you should read it
alone, late at night, during a
thunderstorm. Pleasant
dreams!
PHILIP JOSE FARMER'S
TO YOUR SCATTERED BO
DIES GO has to have the most
fantastic (in every sense of the
word) plot devices ever
invented. Get this...every hu
man being who lived and died
from the earliest days of man
to the year 2.000 wakes up one
day in a giant river valley.
Furthermore, there are no
children in this Riverworld,
and bodily infirmities are no
more. Unfortunately, mental
infirmities persist, and soon
people are killing each other
again The people who are
killed on Riverworld (and here
the only way to die is to
commit suicide or be murder
ed). have a disquieting tenden
cy to wake up the morning
after their death thousands of
miles from where they were
zapped.
TO YOUR SCATTERED
BODIES GO deals with the
adventures of the 18th century
English explorer. Sir Richard
Burton, who woke up and
caught a glimpse of the “men”
who engineered this vast joke
on humanity. Haunted by this
memory. Burton searches for
the headwaters of the great
River (its hundreds of thou
sands. perhaps millions of
miles long) where he hopes to
find out exactly what is going
on. BODIES is but the first of a
series on the Riverworld to be
written by Farmer, and if you
like it you'll probably like THE
FABULOUS RIVERBOAT. the
second book in the series.
J.G. BALLARD is an English
sci-fi master who has founded
an entire school of writers.
Ballard's stories are steamy,
symbolic psychodramas with a
great deal of speculation on
racial memory (remember
Jung?) and man's link with his
prehistoric past.
Almost all of Ballard’s
stories occur in the setting of
intense tropical heat THE
CRYSTAL WORLD is no
exception; its setting is the
Everglades in Florida. The
Everglades and several other
parts of the world are
crystallizing, and a female
leper is living there, along with
two men who are fighting for
her affections Against a
background of beautiful cry
stallized aligators and flamin
goes, these two fellows run
around shooting at each other
When it is discovered that
jewelled crucifixes retard the
process of crystallisation in
humans, the men start lugging
huge crosses around as they
take pot shots at each other
Considered objectively, this
is a pretty hilarious picture,
and most writers probably
wouldn’t be able to resist the
temptation to make it into a
farce. But Ballard writes it
straight, and he's that caliber
of writer who can pull it off,
primarily because he can
literally stun your mind with
his baroque visual imagery
MURRAY LEINSTER'S THE
FORGOTTEN PLANET is the
story of a world seeded by
exploration ships with the flora
and fauna of dear old Earth.
For various reasons, insects
become the dominant species
on this planet, and they grow
to titanic proportions (spiders
12 feet long and 8 feet high,
flies you have to swat with
clubs, etc.).
After the planet is seeded, it
is abandoned (hence the title)
by Earthmen. This proves
unfortunate for a spaceship
which makes an emergency
landing on the planet. Under
pressures from the gargantuan
insects and savage environ
ment, the succeeding genera
tions degenerate into sub-hu
mans.
Along about the forty-first
generation a young man
appears who is a relative
genius. After watching two
giant beetles fight, he deduces
that parts from their chitinous
shells can be used as weapons.
When he actually attacks an
ant with his "club,” the tribe
begins to think of him as their
leader, which he soon becomes
in fact.
What makes this book so
fascinating is the way common
garden insects become horrify
ing menaces through Leinster’s
compelling writing. Earlier
books have been written about
men in contention with giant
insects, but they lack the
sweeping fascination of Lein
ster’s book.
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Bedlam, a group formerly
called Beast, could easily be
the best new group of 1973. I
realize my neck is sticking out
a country mile with that
prediction, but superlatives are
in order for Bedlam and their
recently released album,
“BEDLAM.”
MUSIC
REVIEW
Bedlam is one of those
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echo. Close cousins to the
equally brutal Blue Oyster
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By JO IIUTTO
Associate news editor
Renovation of two men’s
dormitories will be delayed
until December or possibly
spring of 1974, said W.K.
Jordan. Physical Plant direc
tor.
The dorms. Clarke Howell
and Joe Brown, were to be
converted by September 1973.
to house University offices and
additional practice rooms for
the music department, respec
tively.
Jordan explained that the
delay in the renovation is due
mainly to a labor shortage. “It
is difficult to hire men with
Atlanta booming and Athens
acquiring so much new indus
try," he said
Jordan also cited the Physi
cal Plant’s heavy workload,
delay in the delivery of
equipment and delay in fund
ing.
When completed, half of
Clarke Howell's living space
will be used as an office area
for the Office of Placement
and Career Planning, accord
ing to Jerry Studdard. assistant
director of housing
The change, which will cost
approximately $80,000, is a
result of the planned demolition
of the White Avenue Building
this fall which houses the
Office of Placement and
Career Planning.
Also located in the White
Avenue Building are the
Program Planning Budget
Systems and labs for the art
and drama departments
The White Avenue Building
was formerly one of the oldest
YMCA buildings in the country,
first opening in April 1916. in
May 1967. the Board of
Regents authorized the Univer
sity to lease the building. The
school renovated the pool and
gym facilities to make office
space.
Joe Brown Hall will be
converted to additional practice
rooms for the music depart
ment, said Jordan Cost of the
renovation will be approxi
mately $175,000
throats of its victims while Boc
simply mows them down. If
you are the squeamish type
who can t handle anything
rougher than Baby James
Taylor, put this one back on
the store rack. (Unless you are
so squeamish that you've
already passed out cold after
glancing at “BEDLAM’S"
gruesome jacket. Shall we say
that it is...effective.)
"I believe in you (Fire in
Your Body)’’ proves that
BEDLAM is a sinewy, flesh-
eatin’, killer of a band. But at
the same time, this powerhouse
possesses a wild beauty and
soaring exuberance. Frank
Aiello is a highly versatile lead
singer who captures love and
hatred in the same breath. The
hatchets start flying free on
this first piece. Buzzsaw guitar
hyperventilates next to rumb
ling. slowly building chords,
similar to the buildups of
Procol Ha rum And why not?
Lead guitarist Dave Ball
played on the “P. Harum Live"
album If you had the good
fortune to see Ball with
Harum. you were treated to
searing, passionate guitar in
the finest tradition. He and
Bedlam’s bassist, brother Den
nis. Ball, are a formidable duo.
Hot Lips," the number two
offering, is a raw, emotional
clincher While giving to the
intricate beat, you may sudden-
i\ notice that BEDLAM has
one helluva drummer in Cozy
Powell, fresh from the Jeff
Beck Band. Aiello's vocals tear
the hinges off this song; his
knife-edged, jabbing voice is
an uncanny match for his
fellow bruisers. “Hot Lips" is
further evidence that “Bed
lam’s” bloody cuts are very
clean indeed.
Next comes “Sarah.” Aiello
bones up on his romantic
techniques with some captivat
ing work on this light selection.
A tender ballad. “Sarah"
keeps moving because of the
vibrating undertow of the Ball
Brother's strings.
"Sweet Sister Mary" begins
along the same gentle lines.
Th?n the tune slobbers into a
trite, pop melody and well...
pick the needle up and jump
over to "Seven Long Years." a
sado-masochist’s delight. Ball’s
guitar pulls out the stops as he
wah-wahs you to death. (If you
weren’t * lapping up the rock
jargon during the Hendrix era,
a wah-wah pedal, resembling a
car accelerator, vacillates
your guitar from full treble to
full bass and back.) His
mercury-coated strings sling
out deliciously runny notes.
Bedlam demonstrates their
songwriting skills as they
superbly incorporate their
respective talents. "Seven
Long Years” is the woeful tale
of a man who, in a stupor of
jealousy, murders his girl’s
part time lover and roasts in
the chair for his efforts.
Appropriately tormenting and
anguishing music accompanies
to make this what the experts
call a mother of a song.
After checking to see if
“Bedlam" has set your stereo
on fire yet, flip over to "The
Beast." Ah...this has got to be
the meanest mixture of blues
and grueling rock that’s ever
been tracked. I’d love to get a
load of "The Beast" in concert
(hint, hint, Union.) This song is
so good it hurts.
“Wine and Whiskey," (every
body’s favorite subjects) fol
lows with more of a standard
rock beat. Once again, the
razor blade Bedlam boys are
freaking out with well-arranged
music.
“Looking Through Love’s
Eyes" is another abortive
attempt to calm Bedlam down.
No way At least the group
isn’t left holding the bag
composition-wise Felix Pappa-
lardi and his wife own up to
writing it. Mountain, his old
group, could have turned this
into a very nice little ditty, but
Mountain ain’t Bedlam, friends.
Incidentally, Pappalardi is
Bedlam’s producer. Cream,
Pappalardi's earlier production
venture, was no flop. (It’s
rumored that Felix has started
his own group, called Felix and
the Top Cats. Cute.)
Bedlam is back in the
sadistic swing of things with
“Putting on the Flesh." If
there was • ever a rock song
that could stand your hair on
end. here it is; Bloodrock’s
“D O.A.” is as blood-curdling
as mother’s milk in compari
son. Ball’s blinding, fireball
runs plus smashing bass and
drums growl to their heart’s
content. Aiello’s absolutely
horrifying voc Is sound as if
he’s swallowing buckets of
broken glass. The Edgar Allen
Poe-ish lyrics and pervasive,
macabre ambience has created
a roaring monster of sound.
Craftsmenship isn’t sacrificed
for gore as “Putting on the
Flesh" ranks as an artistic
marvel.
The last tune, "Set Me Free”
is altogether too vicious, too
sensuous for the tolerance
level of a typical peace-loving
human being. Powell’s drum
ming is mind-shattering. Bed
lam ends a thrilling record
with flaming icing on the hard
rock dessert
BEDLAM’S deficiencies stem
from the briefness and dearth
of the tracks This can easily
be remedied by spinning
“BEDLAM” over and over, as
loud as possible. Simply
explain to complaining neigh
bors that they don’t know fine
rock art when they hear it.
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The Student Government
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house in their offices beginning
today.
Today, Thursday, Friday,
Monday, Tuesday the SGA
offices on the second floor of
Memorial Hall will be open
from 11 a m. to 5 pm.
Saturday, the day of the
Clemson game, the offices will
be open from 10 a m. to 2 p m.
and from S p m to 7 p m
"The purpose of the open
house is to let the new students
know what we are doing and
let them meet the SGA
people," said SGA President,
Steve Patrick
Patrick said he expects some
of the people attending the
open house to be interested in
some of the ministerial posi
tions that are open.
He said the open house will
be aimed at the freshmen,
transfers and those interested
in student government.
Design head named
Robert P. Nicholls, a Univer
sity professor of landscape
architecture, has been named
dean of the University's School
of Environmental Design.
The appointment was con
firmed by the University
System Board of Regents at its
regular monthly meeting Sept.
12 in Atlanta.
Nicholls succeeds Hubert B
Owens, who retired as dean of
the school July 1 after more
than 40 years.
The new dean came to the
University in 1957 as assistant
professor in the department of
landscape architecture. He
holds bachelor and master's
degrees from the University of
Liverpool, England, and the
master of landscape architec
ture degree from the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania
Nicholls was a Fulbright
scholar and ia a member of the
National Board of Landscape
Architectural Accreditation,
the American Society of
Landscape Architects and the
Royal Institute of British
Architects.