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{\large \underline{Mother of Storms} by John Barnes}

I really enjoyed \underline{Mother of Storms} (henceforth MOS) for
it's web of subplots and characters.  I thought the main plot about
the stream of hurricanes was interesting but not great.  It lost it's
appeal in that I never really felt like it was the end of the world.
Unlike \underline{Lucifer's Hammer} by Niven and Pournelle, there is
always a good chance that the world will survive, plus the feeling
that Louie is becoming such a god that even if this civilization
collapses, he can always create another one.

I discuss the subplots that I found in MOS very extensively in my
paper on the book, so I won't go into them more here, but I really
enjoyed the handling of all the difficult questions that Barnes brings
up.  He's not afraid to bring up big questions, and does a pretty
complete job of discussing those subjects that he brings up.  This
makes the book a pretty heavy read, and it drags a bit in places,
although the overall book is reads well.

Character development in the book is very good, with some of the most
realistic people I've ever read about.   Although I didn't closely
relate to any of them, I was struck by how well thought out their
motivations and goals were, and how consistent (even including
character evolution) they remained througout the novel.

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{\large ``Senses'' by Craig White}

I liked the main idea in ``Senses'' quite a bit, and thought that the
writing was of very high quality.  However, I thought the formatting
could use a bit of work, as could the built-in recorder theme.  My
first impression was that this was a truly huge story when I saw how
many pages there were.  There was so little on each page though that
when I finished the story, it felt like I must have skipped several
pages.  I don't think the sections should have been called Chapters,
they were just too small.

I thought the ideas about communicating with blind, deaf, and dumb
people were very good.  A full community of similarly disabled people
leads to some interesting possibilities that you could have explored
further, although the paper was long enough (except for my quibble
from above) that they weren't really needed.  In particular, I'm
thinking about how the children would have done if there hadn't been
someone there to guide them initially, and also how they decided upon
the motions and tastes to connect with what sensations.  

I thought that the built-in recorder didn't work very well.  I'm not
certain what you were attempting to bring out with it, but I didn't
think it enhanced any of the story except for enabling the concluding
paragraph.  The story didn't make sense if only the recorder notes
were read, and it didn't seem as good a way to express his thought as
others I've seen.

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{\large ``A Woman's Liberation'' by Peter Ivanov}

I really enjoyed this paper over all.  I'm not quite as harsh on the
story as you are, but I agreed with all of the points you brought up.
I think the story is well enough written to deserve a fair amount of
praise, but agreed that it was overly blunt and not really science
fiction at all.  I actually have very little to say about this paper,
there wasn't anything that I really thought needed correcting or
needed to be added.  

I thought the section on propaganda was particularly well done, you
seem to have some really strong personal opinions (and experiences)
with the subject.  The story didn't strike me as much as a piece of
propaganda as a morality play.  This plays in with the extreme
bluntness in other parts of the story, and makes a bit more sense in
terms of what Le Guin is out to accomplish.  She's not trying to
brainwash anyone with this story, she's just out to make some points.


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