----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hobby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 5:26 PM Subject: Re: brin-l-books stats
> Bryon Daly wrote: > ... > > > > You were tempted to rate a book you haven't read? > > > > > >Yes, to knock it down in the rankings. But that would be dishonest. > > > > So the follow-up question: why would you want to knock it down in > > the rankings if you haven't read it to know if it deserves it or not? > > > > -bryon > > I honestly don't know. I've heard about it, and have no desire > to read it. It could be that I'm put off by the classical > allusions, present even in the titles. Heavy-handed references > to THE CLASSICS usually signal a pompous and self-important > author. Not that I'm saying Simmons is, but I have no desire > to risk finding out. Thanks to Erik raving about how good Hyperion is a few months ago, I finally read it after looking at the cover and *not* buying it for 20 years or so. Gawrsh!!!! its great. I ended up reading all four books one after the other and will read them again at some point. I felt pretty dumb for having not read them years ago. xponent Thanks Erik Maru rob
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