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From: cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Sidney Sheldon: The World's Best Writer?
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 14:55:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 17 14:55:38 1985
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> The April/85 Esquire contains a review written by James Kaplan
> of Sidney Sheldon's latest book "If Tomorrow Comes".  The review
> itself is entertaining, but some of the best stuff is the quotes
> Kaplan has selected from the book.  The following are a few examples
> of Sheldon's writing.  Kaplan calls Sheldon "the most distinctive
> prose stylist since Ring Lardner" and I think you'll agree.
> 
> 
>   He heard a shout behind him and felt a knife sing past his head.
>   Zing!  Another, and then he was out of range.  He dressed in a culvert,
>   pulling his shirt and pants over the sticky Jell-O, and squished his
>   way to the depot, where he caught the first bus out of town.
>     Six months later, he was in Vietnam.

	This guy should walk away with the Bulwer-Lytton
prizes for the next few years. The Bulwer-Lytton contest is
explained in arecently published book: contestants submit the
opening sentence of what they imagine as the "World's Worst
Novel."  In an allied contest, the closing sentence is
submitted.

	By the way, was that a tailor-made culvert, or an
off-the-shelf polyester thing from Alexander's?

Regards,
Chris

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