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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (31559)	2/22/1999 4:28:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I had read Alan Eckert's Frontiersman and loved it, though it was grim at times. One summer (1973 I think) I was in the cast of a new outdoor drama and my first husband was assistant director. It was Tecumseh in Chillicothe, Ohio, and because it was the first staging, the author was there to iron out any problems. I sat, mouth hanging open, awed by every word that fell from his lips--it was ALan Eckert. He was very friendly and funny and nice. Not that I had the nerve to talk to him.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (31559)	2/22/1999 5:00:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

If you liked Le Carre, read Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. Probably the best spy story ever written; Le Carre at his best is pale in comparison. If you like historical novels, read everything Barbara Tuchman ever wrote: she wrote history, not fiction, but the truth is often a better tale than any novelist could ever invent.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (31559)	2/22/1999 5:25:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Respond to of 108807

If you are interested, there is a really good book by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness, that is sci fi and explores sexuality in a wonderfully thoughtful way.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (31559)	2/22/1999 5:30:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I used to go crazy about losing a long posting on which I had labored with real thought. It is so frustrating that it takes the wind out of trying again, doesn't it? If you using Windows (some of us are on Unix, I've found, and suggestions from Windows users leave them mystified--and vice versa), and your ISP drops you on your head, quickly save what you hae written by doing an Edit/Copy. It will still be there when you reconnect, no matter how many permutations reconnecting may involve.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (31559)	2/22/1999 5:39:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Hey guys, There are just too many books to read. I felt like you about Asimov's I Robot. He was a great, wonderful man -- wrote one of the best intro's to physics I have ever read. I really liked this exchange -- all of it. We pick on each other a lot, but there are wonderful things to share. The best undiscovered book I know is Paul Stewart's (?) The Year of the City (that's exact), about founding a new Greek city in the 5th century B.C. It is a masterpiece. My favorite boy's books of all, are A. Conan Doyle's "The White Company" and "Sir Nigel" the prequel to WC not quite as good. I read them again every few years, and I'm back swinging along on the road to France with Hordle John, Alleyne (that's really me), and the archer Aylward, to fight for the Black Prince against anyone who appears to need a thrashing. I am still annoyed by Alleyne's piety. I like Hordle John theology much better.