Re: Bouncing off Poul Anderson

On Apr 21, 2:22=A0pm, Girish <girishbhat6...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Random thoughts:
>
> His writing style is good, but =A0he refuses to provide a "hook" to keep
> me reading, I start wondering what the point of the whole exercise is,
> and get irritated at all the "detailing" going on. Any one else have
> the same problem?
>
> Yet if I plough through, the pay off is good and =A0his ideas and actual
> story is revealed to be quite neat. =A0(judging by what I finished ie
> "Call me =A0Joe"
>
> Stories that I have currently bounced off
> Time Patrol
> Brain Wave
>
> Suggestions =A0and comments?

Well, those are not two of my favorites. If you still bounce of the
Flandry novels or <Three Hearts and Three Lions> maybe it wasn't meant
to be. I would find the short work "No Truce with Kings" before I gave
up on him if I were you.

--
Will in New Haven