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From: bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Mark Helprin's "Winter's Tale"
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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 13:40:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  6 13:40:53 1985
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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?"