Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:34:10 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: reading likes and dislikes
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

> eginter at klgai.com 03/26/02 06:41PM >>>>
>A friend taught me this trick at Worldcon and it has saved me buying/readi=
ng
>a lot of books, because it gives you a sense of the book without spoiling
>it:
>
>Turn to page 86.
>Read it.
>Are you intrigues enough to continue?
>
>Turn to page 102.
>Read it.
>If you like what you've read, buy it/check it out; if not, you've saved =
time
>and possibly money.
>
>It works for me. Doesn't guarantee a happy ending, though, Candy! Also,
>check the covers, acknowledgements, and "Other books by..." page =
carefully
>to make sure this isn't Book 2 or 3 of a series. That info can be very =
well
>disguised, and I'm pissed as hell at the publisher when I'm tricked into
>buying something that I can't read until I've bought something else.

Congratulations Reader!
You've just purchased vol 14 of the Puking Dwarf Trilogy !
Sorry, but volumes 3, 8,  & 11 are out of print.

mjw

>
>Erica