Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucsfcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!rl From: rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Robert Langridge%CGL) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Lawrence Block Message-ID: <415@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 13:24:58 EST Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.415 Posted: Fri Dec 28 13:24:58 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Dec-84 23:03:09 EST References: <1878@nsc.UUCP> <1300006@uokvax.UUCP> Reply-To: rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Bob Langridge) Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab Lines: 19 Summary: <-- I join the applause for Lawrence Block's stories. Well written, fun and relaxing to read. But my favorite book of his is non-fiction: "Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers" (Arbor House, NY, 1981. $13.95). Even if you don't write fiction (are you sure--have you read your code recently? :-), chapters such as "Creative Plagiarism", "Do It Anyway" and "F U CN RD THS" are well worth the price of admission. Bob Langridge (UUCP: [...]!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!rl) Computer Graphics Laboratory (ARPA: rl@ucbvax 926 Medical Sciences or University of California langridge@sumex-aim) San Francisco CA 94143