--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "J.C. Hocking" <jchocking@...> wrote:
I read each of them so fast that the pages started to smoke. I doubt
I spent more than three or four hours on either of them and found both
gripping enough that I didn't pay much attention to their faults until
I finished the last page. Great vacation reading.
> If they were huge epics or prolonged series I could see the style
growing tiresome, but there's something to be said for that kind of
pure readability.
>
I would never hold readability against a writer... it's like holding
excellent hosing skills against a firefighter!
Best,
mrt
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