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brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Mon Apr 13 22:32:32 PDT 2009


So why don't you like the book, Jon? I understand from your article that
you don't like it: that is abundantly obvious. But I think a review of
this nature would be more useful if you would include a paragraph - even
half a paragraph - where you give your reasons for not liking it.

Just a thought.

Of course, you may just be a ouanquerre.



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> I believe I came to that conclusion a few years ago myself.
>
> I recently made some disappointed comments on Pirate Freedom:
>
> http://www.jgoodwin.net/?p=647
>
> How many of you agree that the Wolfe of Fifth Head, Peace, New Sun,
> Endangered Species (partially), and Death of Dr. Island and OS and OS
> is not even recognizably the same author as that of Pirate Freedom, An
> Evil Guest, or the Short Sun? (Shared concerns, yes. The quality of
> execution, however, is more like that of a bad imitator.)
>
>> There are quite a few advocates (including Dave Tallman on the wiki) of
>> the
>> theory that the narrator is himself a puppet, dismissed by this
>> commentator.
>> I don't buy it myself either, buit it is slightly nagging...
>>
>> best,
>>
>> Mo
>>
>>
>> # ~ # ~ #
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