turner (03/01/83)
#N:ucbesvax:13500002:000:1220 ucbesvax!turner Mar 1 00:54:00 1983 I'm getting a little tired of reading little one-liner rumors about books I've never heard of. If you must contribute such tidbits, why not put together a digest of them on a per-site basis instead of cluttering up the listings? Alternative strategy: start with a one-liner which imparts the rumor, and then tell the rest of us what's going on. Example: "Yes, the next Belch The Barbarian episode is due out in only five more minutes, so get on down to the bookstore as soon as you possibly can." Followed by explanatory text: "Belch The Barbarian is a generic sword-and-sorcery n-ology, first brought to public attention by Ursula Leguin, in her memorable diatribe against the uncritical habits of mass consumption among typical fantasy readers...whereupon, the noted neo-pulp hack, A. Cherryh Berryh, sensing a potentially mammoth market..." You get the idea. Sorry to flame so sarcastically, but you have a genuine opportunity to turn people on to neat books here, so put some effort into it, will you please? In-group behavior is particularly impolite in a newsgroup. Sorry Not To Have A Book To Recommend, Michael Turner