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From: bobd@zaphod.UUCP (Bob Dalgleish)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re-recommendation of _Cats_Have_No_Lord_
Message-ID: <214@zaphod.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 20:13:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 20 20:13:23 1985
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> Bob Dalgleish  ==  >
> > [Ignorant and misspelled remark]
> 
> But what could be wrong in getting people you're friendly with to favorably
> recommend your work?  Come on, what are you supposed to do?  This is the first
> publication of this book--we can't have blurbs from some reviewer on a random
> newspaper like the Cleveland Plain Dealer (for whatever THAT's worth).  This
> kind of thing happens *all the time*, and it's the type of recommendation I
> trust.
My apologies.  I was always taught that distance breeds objectivity.
The Cleveland Plains Dealer reviewer is far more qualified to judge the
worth of a book in the fantasy genre (:-).  I wish I could have put the
original remark in small type suitable for skipping over at first
glance and forgetting at second.

None of the following flames apply to this book - let me iterate (and then I
will reiterate :-) - I liked the book.  It gave me a good feeling in the
pit of my stomach, I hated to set it down, etc.  I want more, more, more
...  I feel the same way about Brust.  I shall apologize by going and
reading some of Patricia Wrede's material.

[FLAME ON]
Reviews by Plain Dealers [distance breeds ignorance].
Faint praise from Famous Authors, Not-So-Famous Authors, Wish-To-Be
Famous Authors [as in damning with ...].
Excerpted reviews (lots of ellipses) [what did they leave out and why?].
Misleading or spoiler cover blurbs [reducing anticipation].
Irrelevant cover art [so what if he's brunet and 5'4", he acts like
Adonis].
[FLAME OFF]

>So, the cover's right: it has recommendations from the right kind of folks, it
>has a cover having something to do with the plot (which we have to admit is not
>to be taken for granted),... and wasn't it a nice touch that the back cover is
>turquoise?
> 
> L S Chabot

I missed the point of the torquoise shell - please mail me an
explanation and save me some embarrassment.
-- 
[The opinions expressed here are only loosely based on the facts]

Bob Dalgleish		...!alberta!sask!zaphod!bobd
			      ihnp4!
(My company has disclaimed any knowledge of me and whatever I might say)