Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Fat books Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:02:44 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 67 Message-ID: <6AD525E4.3D16@ix.netcom.com> References: <11amvqh$15f3n$1@dont-email.me> <6AD3C2CC.475F@ix.netcom.com> <11b0g92$grpc$1@dont-email.me> <6AD45A20.55FF@ix.netcom.com> <6AD45B5D.570A@ix.netcom.com> <11b1nna$st4l$1@dont-email.me> <11b2qmk$194c0$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:02:42 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1520161"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/bC7Pp3sdNOf3xSTIv9wEckztnsjGvOwY="; posting-host="26d8b803eb2dc857292e6b05ac9ad2a4" Cancel-Lock: sha1:xh9NJ99nx77abkRNj37YHFAmrow= sha256:gBo9eijJhzxoevZhEY3KeIlU1IpByLAKKICl4PRQCPU= sha1:6yOlVp9hCfemhHoHDBEtY8VyH4c= sha256:LD/ekWCnllYTySAycpNek8CcQrk8OQRzBaDC42Dk1vw= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 261018-4, 10/18/2026), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com alt.usage.english:1152507 sci.physics.relativity:674614 rec.arts.sf.written:661049 Dimensional Traveler wrote: > > On 10/18/2026 3:28 AM, Hibou wrote: > > Le 18/10/2026 à 07:07, BobbieSellers a écrit : > >> On 10/17/26 22:38, The Starmaker wrote: > >>> > >>> I never read a fiction book > >>> and I certaintly never read > >>> a science fiction book > >> > >>      Nor do ever appear to even cracked > >> any book especially not even one on classical > >> physicw. [...] > > > > > > I plonked The Starmaker a while back, but it seems hard to believe that > > someone has never read a work of fiction, not even as a youthful > > experiment. > > > Especially as it is mandatory to read some assigned fiction in almost > all schools. > > -- By "mandatory", do you mean Homework??? i don't recall if they gave out fiction books to students to read at home. How does that work? Does everybody get a copy of Moby Dick to take home?? All i know is i didn't do my homework. and wats wrong wit dat? i probably read more non-fiction books than any kid in New York City! Did you know Al Capone killed a prosecutor to stay of of jail? dats wat i call a free get-of-jail card! How much does it cost to bribe a judge? wats the going rate these days?? I'm putting together a price list... -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.