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Ilii- Red and H.atk. Tuesda). .March 6. I**7*r
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Budrys writes about maniacs in SF,
van Vogt’s book is fun adventure
Two examples of science
fiction that, through their own
diversity, prove the rich
variety of SK are The Weapon
Makers by A K van Vogt and
Blood and Burning by Algis J
Budrys. Both authors are old
masters of the genre
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Algis Budrys. who may be*
recognized by hir classic
Rogue Moor, has in Blood and
Burning a new collection of
short stories written Loin 1954
to 1978. The book is Budrys at
his most contemplative, re
flecting in its title the tneme of
death, despair and mania that
pervades each story
SF “takes up where unreal
ity leaves off It is a superb
tool for exploring what is rea 1
about people." Budrys writes
in his introduction, explaining
that his caharacters are real
people who happen to have all
Algis J. Budrys
Blood and Burning
Berkley Medallion
paperbacks
A.E. van Vcgt
The Weapon Makers
Pocket Books
their energies looused on one
goal, giving credence to the
observation that he “writes
aoout maniacs "
“None of them does anything
I don't believe is ;>ossible to a
driven hut logical person I
like them." the author defends
his characters All of my
people have hop**
That mr.y be. but the general
imprpki^wirs. one receive® from
his book is hopelessness and
futility From the men who
gaze dully out a* a burning
world of atomic death in "The
Price;" to the story of the last
two soldiers on earth, the
remnants of a global war.
striving to kill each other in
The (.iri m the Bottle,' to the
obsession of a general rallying
the surviving handful of his
em.s
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MEETINGS:
The UGA Ad Club will
meet tonight at 7:30 at the
Holiday Inn The featured
speaker will be Hubert
McLoughlm. formerly Vice
President-Associate Cre
ative Director of Batten
Barton Durstine and Os
born. Inc (BBI)O) in New
York, who will present u
program entitled '*100
Years ot General Electric
Advertising The meeting
is open to the public, and all
Ad Club members are urged
to attend
The Sociology Club will
have a wine and dessert
party in the Brumby
Kotunda from 7:00 9:00 pm
on Saturday. March 10th
The party will feature live
musical entertainment and
the public is invited Admis
sion is $1 00
Alpha lambda Della
members who were invited
to join fall quarter can pick
up their membership certifi
cates at the receptionist's
desk in Clark Howell Hall
anytime this week.
The American Society of
Interior Designers w ill meet
Thursday night at 7:30 in
the Athena Boom of the
Holiday Inn Andy Persell
of Knoll International will
Ik* the speaker
International Folk Danc
ers will meet in Memorial
Hall’s small ballroom Fri
day at 8 p m Beginners are
quite welcome!
GENEKAI
TION:
INFO It M A
“Victorian Women Stud
ies in Piety and Commun
ity.” is the last of the
Women’s Studies Program.
The speaker is Dr. Jean
Friedman, who teaches a
course on Women in Ameri
can History and Culture at
the University and who is
the author ol two books Tile
program will lx* noon todnv
in Boom 405 of Memorial
Hall Open to the public
The final Focus on
Women II session. W wines
day at 8 p.m in Kuthertord
Parlor, is "Behind Every
Man." The wives ol several
prominent Georgians will
discuss what it's like being
married to men who are "in
the public's eye."
Oconee County High
School chorus is sponsoring
two "Fifties Forever”
shows this Thursday even
ing in Oconee County High
School Auditorium The
dinner show ,s at 8 p.m..
and pickets are $3.50 for
adults and $2 50 for children
under 12 Tickc's for the 8
pm. show are $1 50 for
adults and $1 lor children.
The Sociologv Club will
have a wine ar.d dessert
party in the Brumby
Hotundu from 7:00-9 00 p m
on Saturday, Ma^ch 10th.
The party will feature live
musical entertainment and
the public is invited. Admis
sion is $1 <10
The University chapter of
Phi Kappa Phi Honor
Society is sponsoring the
International Coffee Hour
Friday from II 30-1:30 in
Memorial Hall's large ball
room All Phi Kappa Phi
mendxTS and the public art-
invited
Becently. the \lpha Phi
Omega Service Fraternity
reactivated the Student
Bide Exchange Board lo
cated on tirst t loot' Mentor
lal near the Bulldog Room
The Bide Exchange is a
service to help students
obtain rides or riders for
long trips, however, it only
works properly when all
students participate So. if
you need a ride or a rider,
check it out'
people with a plan to dig a
tunnel for 40 years under a
mountain to topple an invading
spaceship in "All for Love."
Budrys' characters symbolize
obsession and despair
The best story in the collection
is a little gem entitled "The
Kidge Around the World " It
too is about a man with but a
single purpose, but the man is
eternal and his purpose must
wiat for the extinction of
mankind before it can be fully
achieved. Thoughtful, low-key
and startling, this short short
is Budrys at his best.
Blood and Burning is not for
the SF novice, nor for the
reader who wants fast action
It is a book for the patient fan
who understands the genre
completely, and who wants to
spend some quiet time with a
book that begs to be read
slowly.
The Weapon Makers is
literally) another story.
A.E. van Vogt is well-known
(or his fast paced, well-fleshed
novels that are as exciting to
read as they would be to live
Those familiar with van Vogt’s
Weapon Shop series The
Weapon Shops of Isher will
recognize Makers as a reprint
of the book that first appeared
in 1943 Now. however, it has a
flashy new cover, a tactic often
used by paperback publishing
companies to fool a reader into
believing the book is a new
issue
The fact that it is familiar
dots not subtract from its
appeal. Captain Bedrock is the
mystery man-hero of the book.
a man of whom everyone is
perturbed, and who is per
turbed by nothing
The book is set in the old
W'espons Shop background—
the Eaith ruled by a one
family dynasty that has ruled
for thousands of years, and
counter-balancing power of the
Weapon Shops, a worldwide
organization with the motto
THE RIGHT TO BUY WEA
PONS IS THE RIGHT TO BE
FREE." Protected by powerful
scientific gadgetry. the Wea
pon Shops insure the freedom
of the people giving them the
opportunity to purchase energy
weapons that will only function
in self-defense
Bedrock, pursued by both
the Weapon Shops and Em
press Innelda as a man who
knows too much, uses a hidden
cache of gadgetty of his own in
futuristic James Bond style
When he is disclosed as the
world's single immortal man.
a fact he has hidden for
centuries, and. ironically, the
original founder of both the
Weapon Shops and the ruling
dynasy. the book takes on an
even more enjoyable twist
Hedrock ultimately emerges
the victor, using superior
intellectual and psychological
tools to manipulate his ene
mies.
Maker even manages to
make a few points about
democracy and personal free
dom; points that are well-
disguised. but well-taken
As always, van Vogt has
written a fun adventure book
with an underlying current of
seriousness, melding the two in
a grand novel of traditional
science fiction.
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Photo bv E IRVING BLOMSTRANN
Jasper John's "flagstones” included in exhibit
Jasper Johns collection
exhibited at Ga. Museum
By BEN FUGITT
Entertainment editor
Over twenty years ago. Jasper Johns
created a sensation in the art world with his
series of paintings of the American flag
Johns and his friends Robert Rauschen
berg made some startling changes in the
direction of American art by using everyday
objects removed from their usual roles,
functions, and context The artists altered
them in an unexpected fashion, thus infusing
them with an entirely new significance and
meaning of their own
The Georgia Museum of Art has had the
good fortune to obtain eighty-two of the
prints Johns made between 1970 and 1977 for
a show that will run from March 11 through
April 8
Included in the selection are lithographs,
etchings and screenprints
While I do not feel that Johns' prints have
the importance or the feeling of his
paintings, the prints I have seen are quite
interesting, and very much well worth the
trip to the Museum
In this collection of Johns', he has
once again used the flag motif as well as
many of the other objects that haunted his
earlier work, objects like light bulbs, cans,
brooms, coathangers. numbers and targets
The (lagMones and hatching that he has
used in some of his more recent work is also
reflected in this collection of prints
This exhibit was organized by Richard S
Field, curator of the Davison Art Center of
Weslevan University
A fully illustrated catalogue of the exhibi
lion is available The exhibition and
catalogue were aided by a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts and a
contribution from Travelers Insurance
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Typists available for those last-minute papers
By PAM WILLIAMS
Staff writer
It's the end of the quarter
and that English or finance
paper has been hanging over
your head for the past ten
weeks.
It's due this week—
TYPED and you don’t type
So frantically you search for
some willing soul to do the job
for you.
Most typists advertise their
services through notices on
bulletin boards in heavy-traffic
areas on campus Some notices
simply state "TYPING" and a
phone number to call Others
list credentials, years of
experience, kind of typewriter
used and other related services
available
One well-known typist among
the graduate circles. Joan
Hoffman, said that she has
been doing this type of work
for nearly fifteen years
.Mu- also said her good
reputation has helped her
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spends almost six hours per
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typing
Blanche Mize, now a retired
secretary, said that she has
been doing outside typing for
several years—longer than she
cared to admit
Nearly all typists base their
rate on per page work Rates
in the Athens area range from
$.75 per page, which according
to some students and typists is
“dirt cheap." to $2 per page,
which is the popular rate for
charts, graphs and other
time-consuming projects
"I take the liberty of
changing spelling and gram
mar when needed." Mize said
“I correct spelling and
grammar as I go along,"
Hoffman also said “I also
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things that don't make sense or
aren’t clear."
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The typists said students who
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students or professors who say.
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of time."
"You meet some interesting,
appreciative people, but they
are basket cases by the time
they get to you." said
Hoffman, who types mainly
theses and dissertations
Mable O'Conner. Assistant to
the Dean of the Graduate
School, said that the Graduate
School puts out a li*t ot typists
for theses and dissertations
This list of 55 names is
composed of people who asked
to he put on the list It is
provided as a service for the
students. O'Conner said
"We also have ratings on
these people." she said The
ratings are done by students
who have already used the
various typists
Both Hoffman and Mize feel
that business has slacked off in
the past few years
Because of inflation. Mize
said, a lot of students are
probably doing their own
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