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From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
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Subject: Re: Sidney Sheldon: The World's Best Writer?
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 13:27:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 13:27:11 1985
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> ...  Kaplan calls Sheldon "the most distinctive
> prose stylist since Ring Lardner" and I think you'll agree.

Why not? The quotes speak for themselves.

>   ... 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.

>   The idea of a stable homelife and children was suddenly immensely
>   appealing.  It seemed to him that ever since he could remember, he
>   had been running.  It was time to stop.
>     They were married in the town hall in Tahiti three days later.

>   Between here rapidly flicking tongue and the friction of the warm,
>   viscous Jell-O, it was an erotic experience beyond description.  In
>   the middle of it, the bathroom door flew open and the Great Zorbini
>   strode in.

   Sam and Amy were ecstatic; they could hardly restrain their joyous 
laughter as they crossed the busy street to get their marriage license. 
It seemed like the whole world was watching over them, wishing them 
well in their new life.
   Suddenly, they were run over by a truck.

>   For an ungaurded moment, Tracy's mind embraced the memory of the walls
>   of the penitentiary, and she gave an involuntary shiver.

I'm curious; what exactly does a mind embrace a memory with?

And a big :-) :-) to you too.
			                 -- Bill Ingogly