From: "Erica VD Ginter" <eginter at klgai.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: reading likes and dislikes
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:41:53 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

A friend taught me this trick at Worldcon and it has saved me buying/reading
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.

Erica

-----Original Message-----
From: Candy Madigan [mailto:candymadigan at mindspring.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:53 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: reading likes and dislikes

At 02:42 PM 03/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>My question is about the editors who give us this kind if impression and
>allow us to walk into the trap.  Yes, thet sell the books, but...

I don't have a question.  I have a very definite opinion.

It's just plain not honest.  It also has me checking very closely before I
ever buy anything else by him.  And if it's not Ethshar, I just don't buy
it.  In the long run, they've hurt themselves and their author.

Candy