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Article #596762Re: E.R. Burroughs
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:49
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:49
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2016 08:24:35 -0400 Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: > <ma...@mail.com> wrote: > > On 2016-07-23, Bud Frede <fr...@mouse-potato.com> wrote: > >> ma...@mail.com writes: > >> > >> > >> I can make some allowances for racism, at least if I feel there are > >> other redeeming features to the book. > >> > >> I read "The City and the Stars" again last year and enjoyed it as much > >> as ever. He wrote some really great stories, although I'm not as fond > >> of some of the things he collaborated on later in life. > >> > > > > Like pterry. I suppose that at a certain time, one feels the need to get > > as mucch cash together to provide for who is left. > > Something like Rama leaves the reader wanting more, but it's a shame when > the "more" is so inferior to the original. It is always better to leave your audience wanting more than to give them too much. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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