From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   >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...   
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   >>>> 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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   >	That's the famous line,   
   >   
   >	"In five years, the penis will be obsolete," said the salesman.   
   >   
   >	If I recall correctly.   
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   Yes, that would attract the attention of some readers.   
      
   Others, not so much.   
      
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