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From: rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Robert Langridge%CGL)
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Subject: Re: Lawrence Block
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Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 13:24:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 28 13:24:58 1984
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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