wordy authors (was: Re: [geeks] okay. )

[Andrew Weiss]

I HATED THAT BOOK... GAWD... My mother is a fish.... sheesh.

Andrew

On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 01:46 PM, David Cantrell wrote:

> On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:37:31PM +0100, Chris Byrne wrote:
>
>> Or how about William Faulkner
>
> We had to read As I Lay Dying at school.  Ugh.  Surely I can't be the
> only one to think it a waste of good paper?  I never finished reading 
> it*,
> which is very rare indeed.  In fact, the only other book on my shelves
> I never finished reading is Mein Kampf, and for the same reason - the
> author showed no ability to write.
>
> * - no doubt one of the reasons I failed English Lit :-)
>
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