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Re: Fair use of lugnet.cad.dat
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:48:50 GMT
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{c576653@cclabs}antispam{.missouri.edu}
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Sproaticus wrote:
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> Terry K wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:02:49 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:
> > > Still a good read, though. Although _Legacy of Heorot_ was better, IMO.
> > That was a good one. That had a sequel as well, if I am not mistaken.
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> _Beowulf's Children_? Almost as good, but still just a sequel.
I was really disappointed with it. _LOH_ was so good - their best in my
opinion - and _BC_ degraded to a kind of cheezy romance in a SF setting.
I guess maybe it was better than that, but only just. The only thing
about that book that engaged me was the smart (uh...what were they
called...brainfart) amphibian that is the mature samlon.
--
Sincerely,
Christopher L. Weeks
central Missouri, USA
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| (...) Cheezy romance is an appropriate description. When the reader was given a play-by-play description of the hero's teen-age daughter's *legs* in running motion, twenty pages into the book, it set a tone that should've rather stayed in the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Fair use of lugnet.cad.dat
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| (...) IMO. (...) <whew> I had the same feeling about these two - first really good, 2nd only fair. I often wonder "am I the only one?" -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Fair use of lugnet.cad.dat
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| (...) _Beowulf's Children_? Almost as good, but still just a sequel. I've been waiting for _Destiny Road_ for too long now. Ditto for _Ringoworld Throne_ or whatever. I've decided to stop following sequels, and go for fresh meat again. :-, One book (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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