jon louis mann wrote:
>> Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
>> Unlike the other pundits and bloggers who've weighed in on this
>> topic, Dickerson admits that he hasn't actually finished the book.
>> some of us who have devoured the 1,000-plus pages of
>> "Battlefield Earth" bristle at the notion that there's something
>> inherently kooky about doing so.
>
>> And some of us don't. But we'll cut plenty of slack for anyone who
>> devoured it before high school graduation.
>> Julia
>
> i took a look at it as an adult but had to put it down after a few
> pages. back in the fifties when i was a kid i would read any science
> fiction i could get a hold of and a lot of it was pulp. i went
> through the entire sf section at the mchord air force base library from
> anderson to zelazny (they didn't stock l.ron). now there is so more
> really literate sf on the market than i can keep up with. i don't
> understand why all these fantasy series are more popular with adult
> audiences...
BE had the virtue of having short enough chapters for me to read on my
bus ride.
That may have been the ONLY virtue it had at the time.
(I wasn't getting enough sleep at the time, so the quality of writing
didn't bother me as much as it might have otherwise.)
Julia
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