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Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo

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From djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo
Message-ID <pAuz2C.9oo@kithrup.com> (permalink)
Date 2018-06-25 03:01 +0000
References <pgcain$rv1$1@dont-email.me> <85cb4244-331b-4321-a22d-4452b09d815a@googlegroups.com> <pAuqqt.1yCG@kithrup.com> <XnsA90BB5A4E5F53taustincagmailcom@69.16.179.42>
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In article <XnsA90BB5A4E5F53taustincagmailcom@69.16.179.42>,
Ninapenda Jibini  <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
>djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
>news:pAuqqt.1yCG@kithrup.com: 
>
>> In article
>> <85cb4244-331b-4321-a22d-4452b09d815a@googlegroups.com>, Peter
>> Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote: 
>>>On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 5:13:00 PM UTC-4, Dimensional
>>>Traveler wrote: 
>>>> On 6/24/2018 1:10 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> > In article <fpa2qkF779rU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>> > Greg Goss  <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ... book six of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" five book
>>>> >> series ... 
>>>> > 
>>>> > Ouch.
>>>> > 
>>>> IIRC there was a long gap between books 4 and 5 because of
>>>> author health issues (a stroke I seem to recall).  The tone of
>>>> the series changed a bit at that point.
>>>
>>>I think I only read the first book. I’m told it moved towards
>>>being soft core erotica later on, which may or may not have been
>>>an improvement.
>> 
>> "Category romance" would be more like it.  I got as far as
>> volume two, IIRC, during which the protagonist and her lover had
>> some sort of trivial misunderstanding and it kept them apart for
>> THE ENTIRE BOOK.
>> 
>If it was typical of such hack writing, if it hadn't, there 
>wouldn't have *been* a book. At most, perhaps, a short story, and a 
>boring one at that.

Category romance is as capable of turning into A Much Too Long
Volume as any other genre.

ObSF: Robert Jordan.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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"On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 20:27 -0500
  Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-19 19:24 -0700
  Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 02:51 +0000
    Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-20 04:52 +0000
      Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-19 22:39 -0700
        Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 06:17 +0000
        Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-20 16:07 +0000
      Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 06:15 +0000
      Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-06-19 23:49 -0700
        Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-20 16:13 +0000
          Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-06-20 18:35 -0700
            Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 10:34 -0700
              Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 12:25 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 15:22 -0700
          Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Richard Hershberger <rrhersh@gmail.com> - 2018-06-21 06:34 -0700
            Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 10:37 -0700
              Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-22 18:22 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 13:46 -0500
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-22 19:26 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-22 13:36 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 16:05 -0500
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-22 15:03 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-22 15:05 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 15:52 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-22 23:55 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 23:57 -0400
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-23 05:51 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-06-23 11:08 -0400
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-06-23 11:17 -0400
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-23 13:43 +0300
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-24 11:14 -0600
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 15:51 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-22 15:53 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 17:23 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-22 17:28 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-22 23:56 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-22 17:26 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-24 11:30 -0600
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-24 20:10 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-24 14:13 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-06-24 14:29 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-24 15:49 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-24 16:33 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-25 00:01 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 00:51 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-25 03:01 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 05:56 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-24 23:08 -0600
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-25 16:58 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-26 04:02 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-06-28 18:43 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-29 03:03 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-28 21:04 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-28 21:29 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-29 05:14 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-29 05:56 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-29 05:55 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-29 04:29 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-24 23:07 -0600
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-06-28 18:41 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-06-29 08:13 -0600
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-29 14:36 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 00:48 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 12:43 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 12:52 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-25 22:05 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 16:30 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-22 23:54 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 15:24 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-22 16:43 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 16:49 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-22 23:52 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 15:20 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-22 23:31 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-22 16:47 -0700
      Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-06-19 23:51 -0700
        Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-19 23:54 -0700
          Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-06-20 00:26 -0700
            Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-20 00:27 -0700
              Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-20 13:59 +0300
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-06-20 13:30 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-06-21 09:25 -0500
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-21 14:40 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-21 16:36 +0000
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-06-21 23:27 -0400
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-21 21:25 +0300
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 08:51 -0700
        Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 08:49 -0700
          Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-20 10:56 -0700
            Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 14:41 -0700
              Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-20 15:26 -0700
                Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 16:02 -0700
            Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-20 18:44 -0700
  Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-21 13:44 +0000
    Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-06-21 09:55 -0700
      Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-21 21:29 +0300
      Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-21 18:38 +0000
    Re: "On the subject of slander" by John Ringo Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-06-21 14:22 -0400

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