Re: Bouncing off Poul Anderson

Girish wrote:
> Random thoughts:
> 
> His writing style is good, but  he 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  his ideas and actual
> story is revealed to be quite neat.  (judging by what I finished ie
> "Call me  Joe"

You didn't think the vivid opening scene of "Joe" on Jupiter was enough 
of a "hook"???

It sure hooked me.  It was so wild and vivid I just had to read the rest 
of the story.


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