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Article #596766Re: E.R. Burroughs
From: Kerr Mudd-John
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:00
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:00
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:29:34 +0100, Bud Frede <fr...@mouse-potato.com> wrote: > ma...@mail.com writes: > >> 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. > > > I'm sure that leaving money and royalties was a motivation for pterry > too, but I think he also wanted to provide for his fans and create as > many stories as he could while he was still able to. > > Some authors enjoy their fans and some would rather they remain at a > distance. Pterry was the former and both Heinlein and Clarke were more > the latter. > > "Snuff" was the last one I read. I have a copy of "Raising Steam," but > I'm saving it. I don't know for what, but somehow I haven't read it yet > and I haven't bought a copy of "The Shepherd's Crown." I eagerly awaited > all of the previous books and read them as soon as I could. I guess I > don't want it to end, and as long as there are books unread it hasn't > ended. Their not quite, erm, up to snuff. -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug
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