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I think it was an appropriate question: unfortunately, after I wrote it I
wrote another sentence, which you elide, wherein I wondered if Jon was a
ouanquerre, which remark I regretted.



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>>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:32 AM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>>>> Josh: 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.
>
>>> Jon: I thought I did in the post, but here it is again: I think the
>>> book
>>> (and several others) rely on the author's well-earned reputation for
>>> subtlety to mask or adorn what are essentially undeveloped
>>> pot-boilers. The time-travel aspect of Pirate Freedom illustrates this
>>> nicely, I think.
>
>> Josh: i want to apologize for my last remark, which I was very wrong to
>> pass.
>> You are entitled to your opinion, of course, I was at the tail end of a
>> frazzled day.
>> I don't agree with you about Pirate Freedom, but these couple of
>> sentences
>> do make more clear your problems with the book.  Again, my apologies.
>
> FWIW I think it was an appropriate question. It seems I'm not the only one
> who thought so.
>
> J.
>
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