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| From | kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books, rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.misc |
| Subject | Re: SF: Book recommendations |
| Date | 2026-02-02 19:27 -0500 |
| Organization | Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000) |
| Message-ID | <10lrfed$blh$1@panix2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <bvip4mx9oh.ln2@news.ducksburg.com> <10lmk3v$3en78$1@dont-email.me> <dja0ok9tcvehntksk023slpcvhffl3b1i8@4ax.com> <slrn10o0nv2.cbs.u502sou@neuserv.bnhb484.de> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
Ignatios Souvatzis <u502sou@bnhb484.de> wrote: >There is a piece by James Thurber about a lady he met in his hotel >who complained that Shakespear's Macbeth was printed in the same >format as her beloved - for travel reading - detective stories, >then after reading it criticized it for the improbable murderer. >Questioned, she claimed the natural bad person would have been >ZnpQhss. I don't think it would take much to add a butler to the story. You would expect a palace to have a full staff. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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Re: Deadly mushrooms in Australia nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-01-29 10:27 +0100
Re: Deadly mushrooms in Australia occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-01-28 11:54 +0100
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