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...sweep of Solzhenitsyn's apocalyptic warnings, there was one note of optimism: "No matter how formidably Communism bristles with tanks and rockets, no matter what successes it attains in seizing the planet, it is doomed never to vanquish Christianity...
...maverick space pilot Han Solo (Harrison Ford), still encased in that carbonite, is a wall decoration in the castle of Jabba the Hutt on the desert planet Tatooine. Jabba, a huge, slobbering, sluglike creature resembling a repulsive mixture of Humpty Dumpty and Sydney Greenstreet, is Mr. Big in the galactic underworld. Around him he has assembled the vilest monsters in the universe...
...second story, vaguely science-fiction, centers around Valentine Brodie, a college professor and dabbling sci-fi writer. In a twist of morbid irony, he finds himself amides scenarios all too typical of, the genre he never took quite seriously: Lynx, a wandering planet from outer space, is going to smash the earth, ending civilization as we know it. But a plan to salvage humanity, by sending the cream of the race into space to begin a new, brings the story back to Burgess' theme--the question of just what is worthwhile about humanity and the culture we have created. According...
Consider the signing of the Social Security rescue bill last Wednesday. Three codgers, who together have spent more than two centuries on this planet, assembled on the chilled South Lawn of the White House. Ronald Reagan, 72, signed cheerfully. Thomas P. O'Neill, 70, spoke passionately. Congressman Claude Pepper, 82, gave his fervent blessing. Three months ago they were ready to choke one another. Now they smiled...
...vision of the future which offers hope." Then he goes on to dazzle us with a Rube Goldberg scheme that would let him have his war and also survive. It is a tragedy that he could not have envisioned a plan for the peaceful sharing of our tiny planet among all peoples. Ben Lane Sollentuna, Sweden...