[rescue] Re: rescue Digest, Vol 17, Issue 138

[Phil Stracchino]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 09:42:58AM -0400, Caleb Shay wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 09:38, sammy ominsky wrote:
> 
> > 
> > >  I have to go dig them out and read them again.
> > 
> > Don't do it. You've changed, but the books haven't. Right now they're a 
> > cherished memory; if you reread them 20 years later, you'll no longer 
> > feel the same.
> 
> I agree.  They were great when you were a kid, they pretty much suck
> now.  Honestly, most any Piers Anthony you try to read now will suck.


The first four, five, maybe six, were OK, as I recall.  Then they just
started getting ....  obviously strained and forced.  How many are there
now?  Twenty?  Thirty?



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