Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekcad!ricks From: ricks@tekcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <79@tekcad.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Oct-83 22:25:32 EDT Article-I.D.: tekcad.79 Posted: Fri Oct 21 22:25:32 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Oct-83 12:39:00 EDT Sender: ricks@tekcad.UUCP Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 12 #R:rdin:-32700:tekcad:23300004:000:470 tekcad!franka Oct 21 08:28:00 1983 The only thing I'm glad about is that there aren't more writers as poor as Rand around. I've never seen such stilted, wooden dialog and one- dimensional characterization in my life. The quality of the book as a piece of writing has very little to do with the philosophy which the book expouses. And, of course the quality of the book as a piece of writing is BAD. Can we drop this whole stupid argument now? This is net.books, not net.politics, Frank Adrian