Okay, I'm not going to bash Dave any more, others have
already done an admirable job of that, except to ask: do you
also prefer double albums to single albums (if you're old
enough to remember albums, that is)? Chicago gave more
minutes per album than the Beatles or the Rolling Stones,
they must be better.
I like some long books, some short. Different stories take
different lengths to tell. I can't imagine how a vintage Gold
Medal Dan J. Marlowe could be anything but harmed if it were
longer and I can't imagine a Jack O'Connell being any
shorter.
If both were in print at the same time, I would buy them both
at the same price without hesitation.
"INstead, if I'm going to by a book for 6.99 I'm more likely
to pick up Michael Connelly or Elmore Leonard... whose books
are usually considerably longer."
Okay, Connelly has always written longish books, but I far
prefer Leonard's earlier, shorter ones, the paperback
originals.
Was it John Cage who said the notes you don't play are just
as important as those you do?
Mark
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