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Subject: Music in SF (& apologies to all)
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 14:45:46 EDT
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From: Keith Dale 

At least when I goof up, I do it in a really big way:

>>From: kdale @ MINET-VHN-EM
>>One story that I haven't seen mentioned is:
>>Cherryh's "Crystal Singer" (it *was* Cherryh, wasn't it?)

From that innocent posting I received more hate mail, aspersions,  and
such  than I would have believed possible.  Just when I thought it was
safe to show myself in public again, I got this zinger:

>From: Paula_S._Sanch%Wayne-MTS%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MULTICS.ARPA
>May St. Patrick forgive you for the mortal insult to Erin.  I will
>struggle to do the same.  I concede that McCaffrey may be a 'low
>taste' writer, but she can at least imbue her characters with some
>personality--something at which Cherryh fails utterly.

I am abashed, chagrinned,  and  properly  chastened.   I  will  hereby
reread  everything that I have by Anne McCaffrey, get all that I don't
have, appeal to St. Patrick for forgiveness (and to  be  cured  of  my
lousy  memory),  and  make  a  pilgrimage this year to the land of my
grandfather (and grandmother, of course)!

My apologies to all!!

Keith M. Dale

P.S. - One mystery is cleared up: I now know why I thought Cherryh was
so  damn good! Uh, oh...I think I just opened myself up to a new round
of flaming...oh, well *sigh* ...