Re: Bouncing off Poul Anderson

On Apr 22, 9:33=A0am, "Steven L." <sdlit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Girish 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"
>
> You didn't think the vivid opening scene of "Joe" on Jupiter was enough
> of a "hook"???
>
> It sure hooked me. =A0It was so wild and vivid I just had to read the
rest=

> of the story.
>

It is one of the most wild and wooly openings one can hope for. And
the pay-off is good.  But it still gave vibes which would have stopped
me reading if the opening premise had not been so compelling.  :-)

Thanks for the comments, everyone.