> I suggest that most of the opinions expressed were negative
> basically because the folks who posted didn't like the book and they
> generally took the time to explain their varying reasons. IMHO,
> merely saying "I didn't like it." is worthless without such
> substantiation.
>

> "Dr. Rufo" mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:bDYlh.5936$yx6.989@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...

>>
>>
>> Sean wrote:

>>> "TreetopAngel" bresnan.net> wrote in message
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>>>

>>>>Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
>>>>
>>>>Hugs,
>>>>E!
>>>>(off duty in the bar tonight)

>>>
>>>
>>> Got any good hangover cures?
>>>
>>> (The morning after here in Oz) ...

>
>
> Sean wrote:

>> "TreetopAngel" bresnan.net> wrote in message
>> news:Gc2dncufdN1fSgrYnZ2dnUVZ_qmpnZ2d@bresnan.com...
>>

>>>Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
>>>
>>>Hugs,
>>>E!
>>>(off duty in the bar tonight)

>>
>>
>> Got any good hangover cures?
>>
>> (The morning after here in Oz)
>>
>> hrrmm...... ...

> "Sean" cringes:
>

>> "TreetopAngel" bresnan.net> wrote in message
>> news:Gc2dncufdN1fSgrYnZ2dnUVZ_qmpnZ2d@bresnan.com...

>>> Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
>>>
>>> Hugs,
>>> E!
>>> (off duty in the bar tonight)

>>
>> Got any good hangover cures?
>>
>> (The morning after here in Oz)
>>
>> hrrmm......

>
> Heh Heh!!!
> ...

>[...] I flushed my Republican Party voter registration card
>during Bush I's administration (when he sold us out over the
>"assault weapons ban") and rejoined my party of first
>allegiance, the Libertarians.

>The lack of resolve and courage when confronted with violent
>external threats from both Communism and Islam is eerily
>similar. Take press clippings from the Vietnam era and
>today, paint Liquid Paper over the names of Ho Chi Minh and
>Osama bin Laden, and the age of the paper on which the
>clippings are printed is the only clue of when the articles
>were written.
>
>The evidence is persuasive that we were unfair in labeling
>John Kerry and Ted Kennedy Communist sympathizers back
>during the Cold War. The truth is more sinister - the
>driving force behind their political careers - and those of
>a number of right-wing politicos - seems to be a certain ...

> "Dave Adalian" asks:
>

>> "TreetopAngel" bresnan.net> wrote in message
>> news:Gc2dncufdN1fSgrYnZ2dnUVZ_qmpnZ2d@bresnan.com...

>>> Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
>>>
>>> Hugs,
>>> E!
>>> (off duty in the bar tonight)
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Today I live in the quiet, joyous expectation of good." ~~Ernest Holmen

>>
>> The happiest of new years to all of you. Very nice Holmen quote, E!. Who
>> is he?
>>

> LOL! I knew I should have looked him up, someone was sure to ask.
> Frankly, I have no idea, I saw the quote on an office door at the hospital ...

> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:23:11 GMT, an orbital mind-control laser
> caused Spider Robinson to write:
>

>
> Uh huh... and what portion of the Geneva Convention allows hijacking
> of civilian aircraft to attack civilian targets? Last time I checked,
> the Geneva Convention applied to nation-states at war, not "WHACKOS,
> crackpot individuals" or "a fringe group of nuts". For that matter,
> since when does the *United States* Constitution apply in places like
> Afghanistan or Iraq?
>
> -Chris Zakes
> Texas
>

>Brethren and sistren,
>
>It has been exactly 40 years since Robert A. Heinlein last won a Hugo Award,
>for his novel THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. He still holds the all-time
>record for most Best-Novel Hugos (4).
>
>But isn¹t 5 a nice round number? And wouldn¹t he have loved becoming the
>first man ever to win Best Novel POSTHUMOUSLY, 29 years after his death?
>For a yarn he dreamed up over 50 years ago?

> Brethren and sistren,
>
> It has been exactly 40 years since Robert A. Heinlein last won a Hugo Award,
> for his novel THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. He still holds the all-time
> record for most Best-Novel Hugos (4).
>
> But isn¹t 5 a nice round number? And wouldn¹t he have loved becoming the
> first man ever to win Best Novel POSTHUMOUSLY, 29 years after his death?
> For a yarn he dreamed up over 50 years ago?
>
> As for me, it¹s been 23 years since I won my own third Hugo Award (2 of them
> shared). I¹ve never won for Best Novel, only for Novellas and Short Story.
>
> I ask you to consider our novel VARIABLE STAR this year. The Hugo Award,
> SF¹s highest honour, is one of very few arts awards voted by the customers:
> anyone can vote.
>
> Until June 30, it costs only US$50 or £28 to nominate and vote for the Hugo,
> by becoming a Supporting Member of the World Science Fiction Convention ...