From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-04-28, D  wrote:   
      
   >>>> In a way, for me the stories took somewhat of a back seat   
   >>>> compared to the writing itself when it came to John Updike   
   >>>> and Joyce Carol Oates. I remember being in a perpetual   
   >>>> state of amazement what could be done with English.   
   >>>   
   >>> It would be interesting to give them a chance. Since   
   >>> I'm not a native english speaker, maybe it would be   
   >>> incomprehensible to me or just plain old "boring". ;)   
   >>   
   >> Let's put it this way: I *thought* I was a native English   
   >> speaker until I read them - complete with consulting a   
   >> dictionary frequently.   
   >   
   > Wow! Now I'm curious!   
      
   The I gots to hope you're not part feline, 'cuz I don't   
   want to find out the sharing ended ya! :-)   
      
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