From: "Strong, Lee" <strongl at sddc.army.mil>
To: "WSFAList (E-mail)" <WSFAList at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Getting Mooned?
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:22:18 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

    Ted White asked why I would read more than one Gardner F. Fox novel.
Mike Walsh speculated that I have a high tolerance for pain.  Well, Mike is
probably right.  A more nuanced explanation is that I bought all the Foxes
at one time several years ago -- the cover price on Kyrik and the Lost Queen
is $1.25 -- and am only now getting around to reading them.  Since the
financial cost is already sunk, I am extracting such intellectual benefit as
I can before consigning them to the second hand book store where Ted once
humped boxes.  In particular, I am hoping to write a fantasy novel or two
myself and am studying what not to do.  On a more positive note, Mr. Fox's
latest shows some signs of improvement:  the number of moons have been
consistent for the first 50 pages and Kyrik is eating a better balanced
diet.  It's still pretty dreadful stuff but it does show that there's hope
for us all.