Re: The most hyperbolic thing I've heard this millenium

In article <b3osv399trh35a7qrv55ak7bali8vrnuvo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Lawrence Watt-Evans  <lwe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:25:49 -0700, "Dimensional Traveler"
><dtravel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>David DeLaney wrote:
>>> Ken from Chicago <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> "Konrad Gaertner" <kgaertner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>> The start of a cover blurb:
>>>>> "In the realm of fantasy, one name stands out from the crowd."
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone want to guess who it is referring to?
>>>>
>>>> Certainly not JRR Tolkien.
>>>
>>> Well, still keeping it spoilery, perhaps she stands out from the
>>> crowd of authors who are standing out from the crowd?
>>>
>>> Dave "fractal publicity" DeLaney
>>>
>>> PS: Yes, I know I give a Clue there. I still defy anyone who hasn't
>>> done the google-it to figure out who's actually being referred to.
>>
>>I did google it and my reaction was "WTF?   I've never even heard of
this 
>>author!"
>
>You should have; she's quite good.  I was one of the judges
>responsible for giving her the World Fantasy Award for her novel
>_Ombria in Shadow_, and I definitely think she deserved it.
>

Yup.  Read it last year.  Excellent book.

-- 
	-john

February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards
from the Library of Congress.