From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:03:22 AM UTC-7, 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.   
      
   Some.   
      
   Others, not so much.   
      
   -Julie   
      
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