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   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) to Jacey Bedford   
   Re: To be interesting   
   23 Nov 14 10:06:16   
   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 11/23/14, 3:22 AM, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   > On 22/11/2014 23:41, Kay Shapero wrote:   
   >> In article , mdhangton@gmail.com says...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course, we want to be interesting, the get the quality of being   
   >>> interesting.  What do you think makes a fragment or piece of writing   
   >>> interesting?   
   >>   
   >> No idea - but John Varley's celebrated opener to Steel Beach certainly   
   >> got my attention. Partly unexpectedness, partly if the author got that   
   >> one through, the rest of the book should be interesting too which it   
   >> turned out to be.   
   >>   
   > Quote it? I don't have that one in my library.   
   >   
      
      
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