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   William Vetter to All   
   Re: To be interesting   
   23 Nov 14 17:12:42   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Dorothy J Heydt pretended :   
   > 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?   
      
   If you live in California, and you still don't think so, then maybe   
   there's still hope for the penis.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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