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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: bad bad books
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 11:19:30 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 11:19:30 1986
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In article <100@cad.UUCP> grady@cad.UUCP (Steven Grady) writes:
>In a Spider Robnson book I was reading a few weeks ago, he says in
>the introduction that one author made a bet about writing as bad a book
>as possible, and the public loved it. He continued these things, and the books
>are very successful.  Have people heard this rumor?  My first thought
>is that it would be John Norman's _Gor_ books..
>
  Actually, I heard something like this about Heinlein and his "sex" books.
He apparently wanted to write a ridiculously bad book showing how stupid it
is to put blatantly sexual stuff in SF.  When he did, people not only took
it seriously, but thoroughly enjoyed it, so he's still churning 'em out.

(Incidentally, I like 'em, too, so if you're gonna flame me, at least do it
for the right reason!)

 - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)