From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: A bit of a rant (was SFBC) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:18:08 +0900
Top posting--deliberate.
I'm 53 years old and have been a member of the SFBC for longer, I suspect,
than many of you have been alive. I know the SFBC's shortcomings quite well
and prefer B&N and Amazon and Borders and Books-A-Million over SFBC, but if
I can get an omnibus edition of something I want to read and maybe or maybe
not keep, SFBC works quite well.
But, give me a break! I asked if the trilogies are worth reading. I get
one non-answer and one, that does say "yay" or "nay", but also informs me of
the perils of CD clubs.
Please have patience! Some of us are really busy and don't have time to read the list more than once a day or two!!!! :-) Speaking personally, I'm 300+ emails behind again and am truly thankful the list wasn't that busy while I was away last week.
I really expected some worthwhile comments about the trilogies since most on
this list hold B5 in very high regard. I'm starting to think this is the
David Brin Short Attention Span List.
Well, the list was founded with the idea that.... I'm sorry, what were you saying? (Just kidding!) :-D
Seriously, I think that'd be an accurate list subtitle.
P.S. If I sound exasperated, I am.
Sorry. Some of us don't get to the list until 1:30 in the morning these days! :-)
P.P.S. If you live overseas, there is no "opt-out" feature (drawback).
Out of curiosity, does that mean you get a book a month whether you like it or not?
Jon
Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com
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