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“The Evolution Man: Or How I Ate My Father” Roy Lewis Pantheon Books Grade: B+ “Times have changed,” said Father. “Or rather, they haven’t, and that’s the trouble. We’re fur ther behind than I thought. No, no, my dear sons; culturally we are little higher than Pithecanthropus erectus; and he, believe me, is no go. He’s for the dump, along with the rest of nature’s failures.” This cult classic, originally pub lished in 1960 as “What We Did to Father” has just be re-released in softcover. The story deals with your average Pleistocene cave family and its daily struggles to survive the harshness of primitive life. Barely living, in the midst of bears, lions and general death and destruction, Father decides that it is time for the family members to evolve. First, they master fire by bring ing burning wood down from a volcano, and they nearly bum them selves to death when it gets out of hand. It is then decided that the sons should go to another tribe to get wives. This disappoints Ernest, the main character and narrator, be cause he was looking forward to marrying one of his sisters. The rest of the novel deals with the family learning how to cook flesh (by accidentally burning up one of the family’s pet pigs), figur ing out how to paint on the sides of the cave walls and trying to domes ticate dogs. And through it all, Uncle Vanya, who refuses to come down out of the trees except when he’s cold, provides commentary on how Ernest and the others are going to destroy humanity. “The Evolution Man” is a hi larious novel. The characters speak sophisticated English, which con trasts nicely with the primitive nature of their culture. Father con stantly pushes his sons to invent, invent, invent. But they can only go so far; their brains cannot handle too much information. Lewis also manages to examine the materialistic aspect of modem humanity by having his characters constantly trying to get more stuff. At the beginning of the novel their main concern is getting eaten by a wild animal; at the end their big gest worry is designing a paint that doesn’t wash off. The only bad thing with this book is that it ends with the end of the Pleistocene period. Lewis set the book up so it could be contin ued, period after period, up until the modem age. If he hasn’t con tinued the story within the last 30 years, it isn’t likely he’ll do it now. Still, “The Evolution Man” is a wonderful read — fast-paced and funny. Pick it up. — William Harms Scout Continued from Page 9 Although the dialogue is fairly hit-and-miss, all the actors — espe cially Brooks and Fraser — perform well. A1 would sell his mother’s soul to sign on a good player, and Brooks manages to fit his character perfectly — a trustworthy face with angelic eyes and a fast-talking tongue. Fraser is great, especially when Nebraska’s instability begins to show. . At first, his behavior seems only odd, but it later has a childlike slant. George Steinbrenner, Bob Costas and Steve Garvey are only a few of the boatload of cameos in “The Scout,” but it’s not like these guys had any thing else to do. “The Scout” definitely isn’t a fall classic, but it has its moments. It’s worth checking out. “The Scout” Rating: PG-13 Stars: Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest, Lane Smith Director: Michael Ritchie Grade: B Five words: Desperate scout meets eccentric ballplayer Selective Service Registration. It's Quick. It's Easy. Ana It's The Law.^g? $3.00 par day for 15 words on individual student and student organization ads. $4.00 par day for 15 words on non-student ads. $.15 each additional word. $.75 billing charge. Personal ads must be prepaid. Found ads may be submitted free of charge. DEADLINE: 2:00 p.m. weekday prior to publica tion. 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