wordy authors (was: Re: [geeks] okay. )

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 10:06 AM, Don McClure wrote:

> on 5/10/02 11:03 AM, alex j avriette at avriettea at speakeasy.net wrote:
>
>> Yup. Myself, I never cared for the Tolkein books (I tried really hard).
>> However, if you want some dense wordy stuff, try Eco. _In the Name of
> Ah but Tolkien's "wordy"ness is part of the charm. Tolkien himself said 
> that
> LOTR wasn't long enough...

I (surprisingly) find myself agreeing with Alex - I never liked any of 
Toklen's stuff, and I've tried many times.

I also didn't like 2001, which really puts me on the outs as far as 
geekness. :-)

-Pete