From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   William Vetter   wrote:   
   >Dorothy J Heydt formulated the question :   
   >> 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...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> 	That's the famous line,   
   >>>   
   >>> 	"In five years, the penis will be obsolete," said the salesman.   
   >>>   
   >>> 	If I recall correctly.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Yes, that would attract the attention of some readers.   
   >>   
   >> Others, not so much.   
   >   
   >It's a crowd pleaser for women.   
      
   You think?   
      
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