Re: The Sparrow

In article <2008051408565016807-kurt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Kurt Busiek  <kurt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2008-05-14 06:57:17 -0700, jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James Nicoll) said:
>
>> In article <2008051323015643042-kurt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> Kurt Busiek  <kurt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> 
>>> But the WILD CARDS series has often been compared to my work
>> 
>> 	Really? Huh. I don't see it myself.
>
>It's a "lots of superheroes, not conventional adventures" thing, I
expect.
>
>But more than that, I dunno -- I know the concept of the series, and 
>even own the first six or so volumes to try someday, but haven't read 
>them.
>
	If your first instinct on hitting a slow part of the plot 
isn't to toss in a rape, you probably aren't going to produce anything
like WILDCARDS (past the first one, anyway). 
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