Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cadovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cadovax!bob From: bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Mark Helprin's "Winter's Tale" Message-ID: <435@cadovax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 13:40:53 EST Article-I.D.: cadovax.435 Posted: Wed Mar 6 13:40:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 05:31:12 EST Reply-To: bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) Organization: Contel Cado, Torrance, CA Lines: 21 I had read Mark Helprin's two short story collections and his first novel without too much enthusiasm. Some of his stories were imaginative, some were uninteresting, and some were both. I thought he was a good writer, but a lot of his stories were easily forgettable. So I was not looking forward to much when I started reading "Winter's Tale". But it turns out to be a great book. I don't know what I liked about it so much, but I literally couldn't put it down (until I was physically exhausted: it's a long book and I'm a slow reader). When I did finally finish it (at 3:00 a.m.), I was sad that it was over. What I want to say is: Read the book. Even if you don't like "fantasy" books (I don't.) you will like this book. If you think you are a writer, you'll have to lower your estimation of your skills by a few notches. Mark Helprin has shown he can write. Now I await his next book with great anticipation. -- Bob Kaplan "Where is it written that we must destroy ourselves?"