1979_02 The Daily Collegian February 1979

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'Time Storm': concept of time destroyed
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Despard crosses what had been the
Great Lakes area, gradually picking up
r, only after he comes
. to understand something of the nature
of the time storm, aided by the alien
avatar Pomiarsk, does he manage to
take steps to check the storm' s force
Dickson places a great deal of
emphasis on developing his characters,
especially Despard, and for the most
part he does a fairly good |ob of it
Certain characters, such as Ellen the
silent girl, evolve realistically from con¬
fused survivors of the initial force of the
storm into calm, efficient inhabitants of
the new society that develops in due
Paula Mirador, the Empress, is
perfectly portrayed as a woman whose
desire teT conquer the depleted Earth
overcomes all else, while Porniarsk, the
alien, actually draws sympathy in his
efforts to help save the Earth from
future disruptions despite his rather
emotionless personality Tying every¬
one   together   is   Despard.    who    is
troubled by his inability to get dose to
anyone or anything and whose inner
struggles give the book some of its
strongest moments. While his final
victory over the problem is not all that
convincing, there are some moving
scenes along the. way which give the
book a real depth.
Despard's scenes with the leopard
and the Old Man are especially touch¬
ing, as their loyalty toward Despard
help him to break through his wall of
isolation. The leopard, who does not
have a line and who is only about a
third of the story, may actually be the
best realized character in the book.
Unfortunately, certain characters
just do not come off that well. Marie,
one of Despard's wives, starts off the
story a possessive whiner and basically
stays that way throughout despite
Dickson's assurances to the contrary
Especially irritating are some of the through
aliens who are attempting to save the make ttv
universe   from   collapse     They   are cons*
simply too arrogant to be believable       plowing
When faced with a crisis of the magni¬
tude ol the time storm, any help in
BUDWEISER COl LEGE SUPER SPORTS STATE COMPETITION 1978
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO - TEAM RESULTS
TEAM NAME: Sigma Kites
TEAM STANDING: CSU, Fresno - 11th place
TEAM MEMBERS FROM: Sigma Chi Fraternity and Kappa Alpha Theta
Sorority
I.Vofcyba- No points
Beat Cal Berkeley 11-8
Lost to Stanislaus 8-11,1-11
2 Round of Bod (Basketball) - 4th place, 6 points
Beat San Diego State B-U-DtoB-U
Beat Santa Clara B-U-DtoB-U
LosttoNorthridge BtoB-U-D
Lost toJullerton B to BUD
Natalie Bien (Muy Bien) sank a 20 footer to clinch the Santa Clara game
3 Frisbee Relay - 4th place, 6 points
Tied with San Diego State for 2nd place with 9 catches a piece in
the Hoop.
Play-off for 3rd and 4th because Sacramento and Fullerton tied for 1st
Play-off: Fresno -10 catches; San Diego State -13 catches
4.8MRelay -No points
Missed points by 9/10ths of a second
5 Obstacle Course -No points
6:30 pm TV coverage (LA.)
Patricia Ann Malpica seen running the Obstacle Course.
6 Tug-Of-War - No points
Final Event - competed in the dark
Lost in the second round.
Disco and dinner at Busch Cardens Saturday night.
San Diego State and Northridge will go to the Regionals in Tempe,
The Finals will be held in Miami,. Florida on television.
Copetition took place on December 2, 1978, Saturday, Northridge. on
a very cold and windy day. &
1 San Diego State Universrtv
2. Cal St. -Northridge
3 Cal St. - Sacramento
4 Cal. St. -Fullerton
5. Cal St. - I'orytechnic Univ. Poniona
6. Cal St. - San Bernadino
7. UC Irvine -*•
8. Imperial Valley College
9. UC Riverside
9. UC San Diego
10. UC San Diego
11. Cal St.- Fresno
12. USC
13. Cal St.-Stanislaus
14. Universi ty ot Santa Clara
15. University of San Diego
16. UC Berkeley
17. UCLA
should be happily re¬
ceived, and their blunt and arbitrary
rejection of Despard, who obviously
has useful talents, doesn't make sense,
coming as it does from supposedly,
intelligent beings
The concept of temporal distur¬
bances of this sort is not completely
new; but Dickson develops it further
than anyone else has done, and for the
most part he pulls it off very well He
can't make it 100 percent foolproof or
eliminate all the anomalies, such as
•why Despard and the others are trans¬
ferred in time when they go through a
mistwall although they are supposedly
immune to the effect, or why it is
necessary to pass through a mistwall to
get to another time when it would be
easier to go around it, but he does de¬
vote whole chapters to the attempt
Unfortunately, these are not always
exciting or even interesting, but
Dickson   manages   to
rather impressive.
Time Storm has a lot to offer and
should be able to satisfy both those who
like hard science in their stories and
those who prefer more character devel¬
opment It is not the most exciting book
to appear recently, but it is good solid
reading and I wouldn't be'at all sur¬
prised if this book were nominated for
the science fiction awards for 1978.
FOU.OWUP: You may recall that I
discussed the new paperback- magazine
Destinies last semester, giving ft fairly
high marks Well, Destinies #2 has
come out. and I feej obliged to tell you
that there is a stronger emphasis on
fact than fiction in this issue, which was
not the case in the first. In a way, it's
good that this is so because the fiction
is not very exciting this time around
and some of the factual articles are
excellent, but if that sort of thing
bothers you, be forewarned. Also, it
now costs 52 25 supposedly because of
a paper strike, although there's no
mention of lowering the price again
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Wednesday
February 7, 1979
'1 StoryPenthouse' takes up residence
Spinning the tap 40 at KVPR
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